Inventor Biographies

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Inventor Biographies

• By Mrs. Ayers class
• 2008

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Thomas Edison

• They called him the wizard of Menlo Park.
• He invented the light bulb.
• Some of his teachers considered him retarded
  because he asked so many questions.
• By Paige L. and
• Olivia S.

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Benjamin Franklin

• He invented paddles to swim faster.
• He discovered electricity.
• He invented the Franklin stove.
• By Gunnar and Lance

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Louis Braille

• He was blind.
• He went to a school for blind children.
• He invented the Braille code for the blind.
• By Sean F., Alex B., and Sye P.

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Jonas Salk

• He came up with a cure for polio.
• He invented a cure that will help them so they
  don't have to wear leg braces.
• By Bryar and Calvin

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Robert Goddard

• He invented the rocket.
• He did not graduate until he was 21.
• He never saw one of his rockets blast off before
  he died.
• By Kurtis P. and Logan

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Alexander Graham Bell

• He worked with Tom Watson to invent the first
  telephone.
• He was born in 1847.
• He taught deaf people to speak.
• By Jacob T.

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Marie Curie

• She won two Nobel prizes.
• She was a scientist
• She discovered Radium which helps people with
  cancer.
• By Cody

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Ruth Handler

• She created Barbie dolls so people can buy them.
• She recognizes a need and does something about
  it.
• She named the dolls after her children.
• By Chelbe and Lyndsey

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Garret Morgan

• He died in 1963.
• He invented a gas masks and the traffic light.
• He is black.
• By Jenna C., Adrianne M. and Kayla F.