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Garrett Morgan

1877 - 1963

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Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a type of three-way traffic light in 1923, and a protective 'smoke hood' notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue. Morgan also discovered and developed a chemical hair-processing and straightening solution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Garrett Morgan is the 197th most popular inventor (down from 159th in 2019), the 3,232nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,314th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Garrett Morgan ranks 197 out of 426. Before him are Larry Sanger, Sequoyah, Johann Christoph Denner, George de Mestral, Viktor Schauberger, and Ottaviano Petrucci. After him are J. Presper Eckert, Georges Claude, Eunice Newton Foote, Hovannes Adamian, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, and Josip Belušić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Garrett Morgan ranks 66. Before him are Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Edmond Locard, Oscar Milosz, Henri Breuil, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert. After him are Wilhelm Filchner, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Édouard Herzen, Alfredo Guzzoni, and Herbert Pitman. Among people deceased in 1963, Garrett Morgan ranks 70. Before him are Gustaf Gründgens, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Fazlollah Zahedi, and Fritz Reiner. After him are Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Dinah Washington, Ernst Marischka, Gustave Garrigou, Richard Kohn, and Jacques Villon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Garrett Morgan ranks 3,232 out of 20,380. Before him are Keith Carradine (1949), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), Suzanne Collins (1962), Ronny Cox (1938), Saul Perlmutter (1959), and Ann Savage (1921). After him are Abe Vigoda (1921), Jack Daniel (1850), Mickey Cohen (1913), Linda Blair (1959), Fernando J. Corbató (1926), and Riddick Bowe (1967).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Garrett Morgan ranks 54. Before him are Alfred Vail (1807), Robert Metcalfe (1946), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Larry Sanger (1968), and Sequoyah (1770). After him are J. Presper Eckert (1919), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Royal Rife (1888), Melvil Dewey (1851), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), and Laurens Hammond (1895).

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