# Granville Tailer Woods

> Granville Tailer Woods was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars. One of his inventions is the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, a variation of the induction telegraph that allowed trains to send and receive messages while moving.

*American inventor*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1856-04-23
- **Died:** 1910-01-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 17.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Granville Woods](https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
- [Granville T. Woods](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_T._Woods)
- [جرانفيل وودز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B2)
- [Granville T. Woods](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_T._Woods)
- [Granville Tailer Woods](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Tailer_Woods)
- [Granville T. Woods](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_T._Woods)
- [Granville Woods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
- [Granville T. Woods](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_T._Woods)
- [Granville T. Woods](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_T._Woods)
- [گرنویل وودز](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B2)
- [Granville Woods](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
- [Granville Woods](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
- [Granville Woods](https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
- [Granville T. Woods](https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_T._Woods)
- [Granville Woods](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
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- [Granville Woods](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
- [Granville Woods](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
- [Вудс, Гранвилл](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB)
- [Granville Woods](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods)
- [Granville T. Woods](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_T._Woods)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3115447)

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