Garrett A. Morgan

Garrett A. Morgan

male, deceased (1963)
Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr., (1877-1963) was an African American inventor who originated a respiratory protective hood (similar to the modern gas...
Cluny MacPherson

Cluny MacPherson

male, deceased (1966)
Cluny MacPherson, MD (1879 in St. John's, Newfoundland - 1966) was a medical doctor and the inventor of the gas mask. MacPherson received his...
Earl Tupper

Earl Tupper

male, deceased (1983)
Earl Silas Tupper (July 28, 1907-October 5, 1983) was the inventor of Tupperware, an airtight plastic container for storing food. He was born on a...
Nikolay Zelinsky

Nikolay Zelinsky

male, deceased (1953)
Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinsky (February 6 n.s., 1861, Tiraspol, the largest city of Transnistria - July 31, 1953, Moscow), Russian chemist,...

Marvin Pipkin

male
Marvin Pipkin (Nov. 18, 1889 - Jan. 7, 1977), American chemist and inventor of two processes for inside frosting of incandescent lamp bulbs. Born...
Amédée Borrel

Amédée Borrel

male, deceased (1936)
Amédée Borrel was a French biologist who was born in Cazouls-lès-Béziers. He studied natural sciences at the University of Montpellier, where he e...