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Woods, Granville, 1856-1910

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Personal name headingWoods, Granville, 1856-1910
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Variant(s)Woods, Granville Tailor, 1856-1910
Associated countryU.S.
Birth date18560423
Death date19100130
Place of birthColumbus, Ohio
Place of deathNew York, N.Y.
Field of activityInventions Engineering Technological innovations
Profession or occupationAfrican American inventors Electrical engineers
Found inCefrey, Holly. The inventions of Granville Woods: the railroad telegraph system and the "third rail", 2003: CIP t.p. (Granville Woods) galley (b. 1856 d. 1910)
Wikipedia, viewed June 4, 2013: Granville Woods (Granville Tailor Woods is the first American of African ancestry to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War; born Apr. 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio; died Jan. 30, 1910 in New York, N.Y.)
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods>
Walker, Jonathan, Sr. Granville Tailor Woods, 2012: t.p. (Granville Tailor Woods, the first Black American who was granted forty-nine patents)