Inventors – 1901 to 1960
Henry E. Baker (1857-1928)
Born on September 1, 1857 in Columbus, Mississippi, Henry E. Baker was remarkable for being the first author to explore...
Madeline M. Turner (? – ?)
Madeline M. Turner is the inventor of Turner’s Fruit-Press (the original blueprint/ design on which all modern juicers are based)....
Mary Kenner (1912-2006)
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner is an inventor of numerous products we use today and has the most patents of any...
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009)
Bessie Virginia Blount, pioneer physical therapist, inventor, and scientist, was born in Hickory (today Chesapeake), Virginia, on November 24, 1914. In the sixth...
Alice H. Parker (1895-?)
Alice H. Parker was an African American inventor famous for her patented system of central heating using natural gas. In the 1920s...
Marjorie Stewart Joyner (1896-1994)
Marjorie Stewart Joyner was the inventor of the Permanent Wave Machine thus ensuring her a prominent place in cosmetology history. She helped...
Richard Spikes (1878-1965)
Richard Bowie Spikes was a prolific inventor with eight patents to his name, awarded between 1907 and 1946. Primarily interested in...
Otis Frank Boykin (1920-1982)
The inventor Otis Frank Boykin, known for inventing the wire precision resistor, was born on August 29, 1920, in Dallas,...
Henry Binga Dismond (1891-1956)
Henry Binga Dismond, a star athlete, medical device inventor, pioneering physician and poet, was born on December 27, 1891, in...
