Category: Biographies

Maria Christina Bruhn (1732-1808)

Maria Christina Bruhn was Sweden’s first female inventor in the field of military technology. Born in Stockholm in 1732, she...

Eva Ekeblad (1724-1786)

Countess Eva Ekeblad née Eva De La Gardie (10/07/1724 – 15/05/1786) was born into the Swedish aristocracy, and was a...

Oliver Evans (1755–1819)

Evans (September 13, 1755 – April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman. In the early 1780s Evans’s...

James Venn (1921- 2014)

James Herbert Venn was born on 30th December 1921 at Furze Platt in Maidenhead.  He developed an interest in mills...

Helen Major (1927–2013)

Helen Major (1927 – 2013) was an amateur historian and an active volunteer at the Mills Archive. Helen was well...

Tabitha Babbitt (1779-1853)

Sarah Tabitha Babbitt (12 August 1779-10 December1853) is believed to have invented the first circular saw for use in a...

William Kamkwamba (b 1987)

A Malawian inventor and author. After reading a book called Using Energy, he decided to create a makeshift wind turbine....

Willard Garfield Weston (1898-1978)

Name: Willard Garfield Weston   Birth: 26 February 1898, Toronto, Canada. Death: 22 October 1978, Toronto, Canada. Occupation: Biscuit manufacturer; Businessman; Mill-Owner. Notable Accomplishments: Worked...

William Watson Ogilvie (1835-1900)

Name: William Watson Ogilvie Birth: 15 February 1835 in Montreal, Canada. Death: 12 January 1900 in Montreal, Canada. Education: Attended the High School of...

Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818-1882)

Name: Cadwallader Colden Washburn Birth: April, 1818, Livermore, Maine. Death: May 1882, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Education: Attended the district school but was otherwise...

Catgerories