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20th-century American inventors

  • Albert EinsteinOn the 14th of March 1879, Albert Einstein was born in Ulm within the Kingdom of Württemberg. His parents were Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch.
  • Thomas EdisonIn 1862, a fifteen-year-old Thomas Edison stood on the tracks near Port Huron, Michigan. He watched a runaway train approach three children who could not…
  • Henry FordHenry Ford was born on the 30th of July 1863 in a farmhouse located at the intersection of Ford and Greenfield Roads. His father William Ford had emigrated…
  • Claude ShannonClaude Elwood Shannon was born on the 30th of April 1916 in a hospital near Petoskey, Michigan. His family lived in the small town of Gaylord where he spent…
  • B. F. SkinnerBurrhus Frederic Skinner was born on the 20th of March 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. His father William Skinner worked as a lawyer while his mother…
  • Maxime FagetMaxime Allen Faget entered the world on the 26th of August 1921 in Stann Creek Town. This location sat within British Honduras before becoming Dangriga…