Garret Morgan Biography

and discuss in groups the personal qualities of the person.<br><br> E.g. persistence. " Have they heard of this person before?<br><br> If not, why not? Is there another scientist whom they associate with this discovery? " Who are scientists?<br><br> What do scientists do? What tools do they need? Garret Morgan 1875 - 1963 Garret Morgan was born on March 4 th 1875 in Kentucky in America.<br><br> He had ten brothers and sisters. He left school when he was fourteen years old. After he left school, he went to live in Cincinnati, Ohio where he got a job as a handy man in a tailor's shop.<br><br> Garret Morgan was very good at fixing mechanical things and was always thinking of ways to improve machines. In 1909 when he was thirty-four, he opened his own tailors shop where dresses, suits and coats were made. He employed thirty- two people to work in his tailor 9s shop.<br><br> He got married to Mary Anne Hassek and they had three sons. In 1914 he invented a breathing device called a gas mask, he received a prize for this invention. The judges realised it would allow fire-fighters, soldiers and chemists to work safely, as they would be protected from poisonous gas and smoke.<br><br> The lives of many soldiers 9 during World War 1 were saved thanks to Garret Morgan 9s gas mask. In 1923, Garret Morgan decided to think of a way to control the traffic, as crossroads were becoming dangerous. He invented the first automatic electric traffic light, which told cars where and when they could go and improved road safety.<br><br> He sold the rights to his invention for a lot of money. Garret Morgan decided to set up a newspaper that would fight against racism and report what was happening in the black community. He called the newspaper the Cleveland Call.<br><br> This newspaper is now called the Cleveland Call & Post. It has the largest circulation of any black newspaper in the USA. Garret Morgan died in 1963 when he was 88 years old.<br><br>

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