Fathers of Industries (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Leonard M. Fanning
- First Published: 1962
- Time of Work: 1736–1961
- Setting: Great Britain, the United States, Germany, and Italy
- Principal Characters: James Watt, Richard Arkwright, David Wilkinson, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Sir Henry Bessemer, Thomas Alva Edison, Nikolaus August Otto, Orville, Guglielmo Marconi
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Eighteenth century, Business or business people, Biography, Inventions or inventors, Industry
- Locales: United States, Germany, Italy, Great Britain
Form and Content
With Fathers of Industries, experienced journalist and industrial writer Leonard Fanning presents twenty-four brief biographies of prominent, mostly well-known inventors and scientists whose practical innovations have significantly altered and improved modern life. After an introductory chapter that surveys several of the pre-modern world’s principal innovators and their accomplishments through the middle of the eighteenth century, he arranges subsequent biographies in rough chronological order from James Watt (1736–1819) to Willis Haviland Carrier...
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