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1877 - 1963
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Garrett Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky. He was the seventh of eleven children.
1895
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Morgan moves to Cincinnati and worked in a sewing factory
1895
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Lived in Cleveland for the rest of his life
1907
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Morgan opened a shop that repaired and sold sewing machines
1908
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Garrett owned and operated a tailoring shop that employed 32 people and manufactured dresses,suits,and coats
1909
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The company provided Morgan and his wife with financial stability and gave Morgan the time and resources to work on his inventions
1914
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Morgan's hood is used to help protect soldiers from toxic gas during WW1 and reduces the risk of smoke inhalation during fires.
1916
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Garrett Morgan and his brother used the safety hood he invented to rescue two people after a tunnel collapsed under Lake Erie
1923
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Morgan designed a patented a 3 color traffic device similar to the one we use today he sold the rights to General Electric
1963
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Morgan died July 27, 1963.He was 86 years old, and he had change the world, saving countless lives with his inventions
2005
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42 years after Garrett Morgan's death, he was inducted into the National Invention Hall of Fame