ANUARY 17, 2007, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: GERRY BUTLER Granville T. Woods was a prominent inventor and electrical engineer who developed inventions that were awarded 27 patents by the U.S. Patent Office between 1884 and 1903.  Because of his significant electrical inventions he is known as the “Black Edison.” Woods was born on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio. He attended […]

GRANVILLE T. WOODS (1856-1910)