Historical Inventors: A To Z
[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.
The Black Inventor Online Museum [ Kids/Teens ] - A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.
Elias Howe [ Kids/Teens ] - Credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine. This biography is from Scientific American Online.
Elias Howe [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profile of the inventor of the sewing machine; born in Spencer, Massachusetts.
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profile of the Swedish-born inventor of the High-Frequency Alternator Radio.
Fact Monster; Inventions and Discoveries [ Kids ] - List of inventions from A to Z with dates, inventors, and links to the biographies of some of these inventors.
Famous American Inventors [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Includes brief sketches and images of selected inventors.
Famous Black Inventors [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profiles of selected African-American inventors of the 20th century.
George Edward Alcorn, Jr. [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Physicist and inventor. Provides brief biography, patent list, curriculum vitae and illustrations.
Great and Famous Inventors [ Kids ] - Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.
The Great Idea Finder [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.
Historical Figures in Telecommunications [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Brief biographical sketches of about a dozen people who have been important in the history of the development of telecommunications.
Innovative Lives [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
Inventor Biographies [ Kids/Teens ] - Alphabetical list from Cleveland Abbe through Vladimir Zworykin includes nationalities, occupations and stories of their inventions.
InventorNet [ Kids/Teens ] - A Thinkquest project which tells about the inventors of the telephone, light bulb, CD, curling iron, microwave and paper.
James Nasmith [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profile, career, and background history on the sport's inventor. From the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Made Up In Britain [ Kids/Teens ] - Series of brief articles about British inventors and their inventions.
Robert Noyce [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Brief biography of the co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
