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Andrew Jackson Beard
American inventor · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1849 to 1921 · aged 72
Andrew Jackson Beard was a black inventor, who introduced five improvements to the automatic railroad car coupler in 1897 and 1899, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio in 2006 for this achievement.
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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1849 to 1921 · aged 72