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Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS, was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist.
Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS, was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist.
Alphonse Pénaud
Alphonse Pénaud, was a 19th-century French pioneer of aviation design and engineering.
Alphonse Pénaud, was a 19th-century French pioneer of aviation design and engineering.
Andrew Fluegelman
Andrew Cardozo Fluegelman was a publisher, photographer, programmer and attorney best known as the inventor of what is now known as the shareware business model for software marketing.
Andrew Cardozo Fluegelman was a publisher, photographer, programmer and attorney best known as the inventor of what is now known as the shareware business model for software marketing.
Ben Klassen
Bernhardt "Ben" Klassen was an American religious leader who founded the Church of the Creator with the publication of his book Nature's Eternal Religion in 1973.
Bernhardt "Ben" Klassen was an American religious leader who founded the Church of the Creator with the publication of his book Nature's Eternal Religion in 1973.
Claude Chappe
Claude Chappe (December 25, 1763 – January 23, 1805) was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France.
Claude Chappe (December 25, 1763 – January 23, 1805) was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France.
David T. Kenney
David T. Kenney (April 3, 1866 - May 26?, 1922) was an inventor with nine patents, granted between 1903 and 1913, applicable to both machine-driven and manual vacuum cleaners, dominated the va...
David T. Kenney (April 3, 1866 - May 26?, 1922) was an inventor with nine patents, granted between 1903 and 1913, applicable to both machine-driven and manual vacuum cleaners, dominated the va...
Geoffrey Pyke
Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke was an English journalist, educationalist, and later an inventor whose clever, but unorthodox, ideas could be difficult to implement.
Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke was an English journalist, educationalist, and later an inventor whose clever, but unorthodox, ideas could be difficult to implement.
George Eastman
George Eastman was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.
George Eastman was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.
Robert Hope-Jones
Robert Hope-Jones is considered to be the inventor of the theatre organ in the early 20th century.
Robert Hope-Jones is considered to be the inventor of the theatre organ in the early 20th century.
Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the diesel engine.
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the diesel engine.
Viktor Meyer
Viktor Meyer was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry.
Viktor Meyer was a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry.
Wallace Carothers
Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the invention of nylon.
Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the invention of nylon.