Granville T. Woods

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You've probably never heard of Granville T. Woods, but this little-known inventor made key contributions to a handful of things you're very familiar with. Woods has been called "The Black Edison," which is ironic, seeing as he once defeated Thomas Edison in court over a patent.

Granville T. Woods was born on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio. According to Biography.com, Woods lived in New York City from 1876 to 1878 while "taking courses in engineering and electricity—a subject that he realized, early on, held the key to the future." As he worked in a handful of different railroad jobs throughout the late 1800s, Woods began putting together what would become his most important invention: "the inductor telegraph," also known as the multiplex telegraph. That was unfortunate for Thomas Edison, who had been working on a similar invention.
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