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Top: Regional: North_America: United_States: Connecticut: Society_and_Culture: Famous_Nutmeggers: Industrialists_or_Inventors
| Submissions must be for famous personalities associated with Connecticut who are or were inventors or captains of industry. |
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| Submissions must relate specifically to the life, work or legacy of Samuel Colt. |
Mechanical engineer and a pioneer in firearms, he patented the first practical revolving firearm with rotating cylinder in the U.S. on February 25, 1837. Born July 19, 1814 in Hartford, Connecticut. Died January 10, 1862 in Hartford.
| Submissions must relate specifically to the life, work or legacy of Charles Goodyear. |
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) experimented with India rubber until he perfected a process which revolutionized the rubber industry.
| Information submitted here must be specific to the life or work of Edwin Herbert Land. |
Edwin Herbert Land was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 7, 1909. He founded the Polaroid Company in 1937, which produced military related items during World War II. The company's most successful product was the Polaroid Land Camera, introduced in the late 1940's as the first "instant" camera.
| Submissions must be specific to the life or work of John Pierpont Morgan. |
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1860, he became U.S. agent for his father's banking firm in London, and later went on to gain fame as an extraordinary financier and philanthropist.
| Submissions must be specific to the life and/or work of Eli Whitney. |
Eli Whitney (1765-1825) started school at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut in 1789, graduating at the age of 27. He is known for inventing a machine that could clean cotton of its seed, which revolutionized the cotton industry.
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