Garrett Morgan Research Paper
For my research paper I chose Garrett Morgan, I chose this person because we had
a list of people to chose from and we had the same name so I thought I should pick him
to learn about. Garrett Morgan was born in Paris on March 4, 1877 and died on July
27,1963 at the age of 86. Growing up, most of his teenage years were spent as a
working man for a Cincinnati landowner. He also had to quit school in order to work
full-time for his job. In 1895, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began repairing
sewing machines for a clothing manufacture.
Garrett Morgan was the seventh of eleven children born to Sydney Morgan, a former
slave who was freed in 1863. Leaving home at age 14 with only a elementary
education, was when morgan
eventually settled in Cleveland. He sold his first invention,
a belt fastener for sewing machines, in 1901 for $50. In the following years, Morgan’s
desire for inventing and for business would grow, as he became a successful and
independent businessman and inventor.
Garrett Morgan had very little education, he was attending elementary in a small
town in Cincinnati. That was the last school morgan attended since he had to quit at
such a young age. When morgan was a teen he was able to hire his own tutor and
continued his studies in Cincinnati, which was the last education morgan received.
As a child, morgan was the seventh of eleven children born to sydney morgan
former slave who was freed in 1863 and John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate general in
the American Civil War. After leaving Cincinnati, Garrett didn’t have family until he
married a women named Madge Allen Nelson but later got a divorce and married a
women named Mary Anne Hassek. The couple had three children, Jr. Morgan
and Cosmo Henry Morgan and John Pierpont Morgan. Garrett’s occupation was being an inventor. He invented the gas mask in 1912
used in World War 1. Morgan also invented the traffic light, the signal was a T-Shaped
pole with three settings. At night, when traffic wasn’t heavy, it could be set at half-mast,
the yellow light today, warning drivers to proceed carefully through the intersection.
Garrett sold the rights to his invention to General Electric for $40,000.
a list of people to chose from and we had the same name so I thought I should pick him
to learn about. Garrett Morgan was born in Paris on March 4, 1877 and died on July
27,1963 at the age of 86. Growing up, most of his teenage years were spent as a
working man for a Cincinnati landowner. He also had to quit school in order to work
full-time for his job. In 1895, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began repairing
sewing machines for a clothing manufacture.
Garrett Morgan was the seventh of eleven children born to Sydney Morgan, a former
slave who was freed in 1863. Leaving home at age 14 with only a elementary
education, was when morgan
eventually settled in Cleveland. He sold his first invention,
a belt fastener for sewing machines, in 1901 for $50. In the following years, Morgan’s
desire for inventing and for business would grow, as he became a successful and
independent businessman and inventor.
Garrett Morgan had very little education, he was attending elementary in a small
town in Cincinnati. That was the last school morgan attended since he had to quit at
such a young age. When morgan was a teen he was able to hire his own tutor and
continued his studies in Cincinnati, which was the last education morgan received.
As a child, morgan was the seventh of eleven children born to sydney morgan
former slave who was freed in 1863 and John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate general in
the American Civil War. After leaving Cincinnati, Garrett didn’t have family until he
married a women named Madge Allen Nelson but later got a divorce and married a
women named Mary Anne Hassek. The couple had three children, Jr. Morgan
and Cosmo Henry Morgan and John Pierpont Morgan. Garrett’s occupation was being an inventor. He invented the gas mask in 1912
used in World War 1. Morgan also invented the traffic light, the signal was a T-Shaped
pole with three settings. At night, when traffic wasn’t heavy, it could be set at half-mast,
the yellow light today, warning drivers to proceed carefully through the intersection.
Garrett sold the rights to his invention to General Electric for $40,000.