19th-century American businesspeople
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist.
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Frederick Douglass
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of the prominent abolitionist, who in 1845 told his story in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
9 February 2018
Featuring: Celeste-Marie Bernier, Karen Salt, Nicholas Guyatt
History19th-century male writers19th-century American memoirists, People of the Six Years' WarAmerican male journalistsUnderground Railroad peopleAnglican saintsActivists for African-American civil rightsAmerican lecturersDeaths from coronary thrombosisAmerican autobiographersWriters from Baltimore19th-century American male writers19th-century American businesspeopleThomas Edison
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of Thomas Edison, one of the great inventors and cultural figures of modern America.
9 December 2010
Featuring: Simon Schaffer, Kathleen Burk, Iwan Morus
Science20th-century American inventors, Members of the United States National Academy of SciencesAmerican people of English descentMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyPeople associated with electricityCongressional Gold Medal recipientsHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican electrical engineers, People from ManhattanHonorary members of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Recipients of the Matteucci MedalMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesAmerican people of Dutch descentRecipients of Franklin Medal19th-century American businesspeopleAmerican deists