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Granville Woods

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Gender Male
Death113 years ago
Date of birth April 23,1856
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Columbus
Ohio
United States
Date of died January 30,1910
DiedNew York City
New York
United States
Height 213 (cm)
Resting place East Elmhurst
SiblingsRachel Woods Madison
Henrietta Woods
Lyates Woods
Parents Cyrus Woods
Martha J. Brown
Job Inventor
Engineer
Rest placeSt. Michael's (Episcopalian) Cemetery, East Elmhurst, New York
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Granville Woods Life story


Granville Tailer Woods was an inventor who held more than 50 patents in the U.S. 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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