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Andrew Jackson Beard
American inventor (c.1849–1921)
Andrew Jackson Beard | |
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| Born | (1849-03-29)March 29, 1849 Pinson, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | May 10, 1921(1921-05-10) (aged 72) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Andrew Jackson Beard (March 29, 1849 – May 10, 1921) was an African American inventor, who introduced five improvements to the automatic railroad car coupler in 1897 and 1899, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio in 2006 for this achievement.[1]
Life and career
Born on March 29, 1849, Andrew Beard spent the first fifteen years of his life as a slave on a small farm in Eastlake, Alabama.[2] A year after he was emancipated, he married and became a farmer in Pinson, a city just outside Birmingham, Alabama.[3]
In 1872, after working in a flour mill in Hardwicks, Alabama, Beard built his own flour mill, which he operated successfully for many years.[2] In 1881, he patented a new d