Granville Tailer Woods

Granville Taler Woods was a inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.

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Who was born first?

• Granville Tailer Woods and Paul von Jankó were born the same year
• Granville Tailer Woods and Edward Goodrich Acheson were born the same year
• Granville Tailer Woods and Nikola Tesla were born the same year
• Granville Tailer Woods was born 1 year after John Browning
• Granville Tailer Woods was born 1 year after King Camp Gillette

Timeline

1. John BrowningJanuary 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926
2. King Camp GilletteJanuary 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932
3. Edward Goodrich AchesonMarch 9, 1856 – July 6, 1931
4. Granville Tailer Woods (this page)April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910
5. Nikola TeslaJuly 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943
6. Paul von JankóJune 2, 1856 – March 17, 1919

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