This category includes sites about individual explorers and groups of inventors. All sites are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.
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- National Inventors Hall of Fame 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.
- Fact Monster; Inventions and Discoveries List of inventions from A to Z with dates, inventors, and links to the biographies of some of these inventors.
- The Black Inventor Online Museum A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.
- The Great Idea Finder Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.
- Henry Ford - Ignorant Genius Offers a biography and history.
- Innovative Lives Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
- Historical Inventors: A To Z Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
- Robert Noyce Brief biography of the co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
- Famous Black Inventors Profiles of selected African-American inventors of the 20th century.
- Historical Figures in Telecommunications Brief biographical sketches of about a dozen people who have been important in the history of the development of telecommunications.
- Famous American Inventors Includes brief sketches and images of selected inventors.
- George Edward Alcorn, Jr. Physicist and inventor. Provides brief biography, patent list, curriculum vitae and illustrations.
- Inventor Biographies Alphabetical list from Cleveland Abbe through Vladimir Zworykin includes nationalities, occupations and stories of their inventions.