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* '''Inventors and Scientists'''
* '''Inventors and Scientists'''
**[[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone.
**[[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone.
**[[George Washington Carver]]
**[[George Washington Carver]] (1864-1943) Botanical and agricultural researcher and educator. Born a slave, began formal education at age 12. Attended a one-room schoolhouse in Missouri; graduated from Minneapolis High School in Kansas. Became the first black student at Simpson College in Iowa, transfered to Iowa Agricultural College in 1891. Earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1894 and a Master of Science degree in bacterial botany and agriculture in 1897.<ref>MSN Encarta Encyclopedia - George Washington Carver article [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574196/Carver_George_Washington.html]</ref>
<ref>George Washington Carver, By Mary Bellis [http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm]</ref>
**[[Pierre Curie]]
**[[Pierre Curie]]
**[[Cyrus McCormick]]
**[[Cyrus McCormick]]