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Browse notable black scientists such as Kelly Miller, Guion S. Bluford, and Julius Axelrod.
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George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
Inventor, Botanist, Chemist / 1864 - 1943
George Washington Carver was an agricultural chemist whose development of products derived from peanuts revolutionized the South's agricultural economy.
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Charles Drew
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Charles Drew
Doctor, Surgeon / 1904 - 1950
Charles R. Drew was an African-American surgeon who pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion.
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Mae C. Jemison
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- Famous Libras
- Famous Astronauts
Mae C. Jemison
Astronaut, Doctor / 1956 -
Doctor Mae C. Jemison is the first African American woman ever to be a U.S. astronaut. In 1992, she flew into space aboard the Endeavour.
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Lonnie G. Johnson
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- Million-Dollar Ideas
- Famous Black Scientists
Lonnie G. Johnson
Engineer, Inventor / 1949 -
Lonnie G. Johnson is an engineer and inventor who worked on the Cassini mission to Jupiter and invented the Super Soaker. -
Garrett Morgan
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- Famous Black Scientists
- Famous Pisceans
Garrett Morgan
Entrepreneur, Inventor, Publisher / 1877 - 1963
Inventor Garrett Morgan blazed a trail for African American innovators with his patents for hair straightening, a gas mask, and automated traffic signals.
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Daniel Hale Williams
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- Famous Black Scientists
- Famous Capricorns
Daniel Hale Williams
Surgeon / 1858 - 1931
Physician Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful heart surgery in 1893 and founded the nation's first interracial hospital.
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