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Biographies

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General
Discoverers/Explorers
Presidents

Authors
Multicultural
Scientists & Inventors

Celebrities
Native Americans
Women

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Authors
Celebrities:
- A+E's Biography.com
- Wilson A. Bentley (Snowflake Bentley)
Discoverers/Explorers:
- Discoverers
- Explorers from A to Z
- Women Adventurers
- Zoom Explorers Brief biographies of many explorers
Multicultural: Top of Page
Native Americans
Presidents:
Scientists & Inventors: Top of Page
- Astronaut Biographies
- Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man Learn all about Franklin's many inventions, including bifocals, Franklin stove and the lightning rod.
- Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment Explains how Franklin's electricity experiment worked
- Catalog of the Scientific Community In The 16th and 17th Century Click here to learn about some famous scientists from the 1500s and the 1600s.
- Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove Of Scientific Biography
- Eli Whitney Museum Look here to find out some information about Eli Whitney and the Industrial Revolution
- Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
- Galileo Biography
- Innovative Lives Want to find out who invented windsurfing? How about who invented the artificial heart? Click here to find a treasure trove of information about recent inventors
- Inventor of the Week Archives
- Inventing Entertainment The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of Thomas Edison
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Leonardo Learn about the life and times of Leonardo da Vinci
- Louis Braille Read about the man who invented the Braille alphabet
- National Inventors Hall of Fame
- People Links to information about scientists from the past and present
- Wilbur & Orville Wright

Women: Top of Page
Amelia Earhart

Distinguished Women Of Past and Present

Helen Keller

National Women's Hall of Fame

Women Adventurers

Women Exploring The Oceans

Women In American History This site contains a wealth of brief biographies about women from American History