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1969 Linus Torvalds, born in Helsinki, Finland, inventor, software engineer, pioneered development of the Linux kernel, a free, open source software operating system
1883 Ernest E Just, biologist, pioneered cell division 1879 Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography 1866 Adolf Meyer, U.S., psychiatrist/neurologist, pioneered mental hygiene 1860 Will Keith Kellogg, born in America, vegetarian, founder of Kellogg Company, pioneered process of making flaked cereal, promoted corn flakes as a healthy breakfast cereal 1846 Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist 1843 Susan Elizabeth Blow, U.S., pioneered kindergarten education 1830 Eadweard Muybridge, born in England, pioneered study of motion, photography 1828 Jules Verne, born in France, pioneered sci-fi, From the Earth to the Moon 1815 Horace Wells, dentist, pioneered use of medical anethesia 1796 Horace Mann, U.S., educator/author/editor, pioneered public schools 1771 Ephraim McDowell, surgeon, pioneered abdominal surgery 1755 Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine |
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