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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.
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**[[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>
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<ref>George Washington Carver, By Mary Bellis [http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm]</ref>
   
**[[Pierre Curie]]  
 
**[[Pierre Curie]]  
 
**[[Cyrus McCormick]]
 
**[[Cyrus McCormick]]
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