[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 82) Kathy Sullivan (USA): The first woman to reach deepest part of the ocean
08-06-2023
(Worldkings.org) Sullivan is now the first person to have both walked in space and descend to the furthest reaches of the seafloor.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 81) Brian Camelio (USA): The creator of the world's first crowdfunding website
08-06-2023
(Worldkings.org) Brian Camelio is considered the father of modern "crowdfunding". In 2001, he created ArtistShare, a crowdfunding platform for creative artists.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 80) Charles Hull (USA): The inventor of the world's first 3D printer
07-06-2023
(Worldkings.org) Chuck Hull invented stereolithography, also known as 3D printing. His innovation changed the printing industry forever and opened new doors to revolutionize various fields such as automobile manufacturing, aerospace, medical printing, and so on.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 79) Raymonde de Laroche (France): The world's first licensed female pilot
06-06-2023
(Worldkings.org) On March 8th, 1910, the French Aero-Club officially issued an F.A.I. approved pilots license no. 36 to Raymonde de Laroche. She became the first woman with an official pilot’s license.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 77) Josephine Cochrane (USA): The woman successfully invented the first dishwasher
03-06-2023
(Worldkings.org) Josephine Cochrane invented the first practical dishwasher and founded Garis-Cochrane Dish-Washing Company to manufacture and market it.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 76) Wangari Maathai (Kenya): The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
02-06-2023
(Worldkings.org) Wangari Muta Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 75) Adam Osborne (UK): The inventor of the world's first portable computer
31-05-2023
(Worldkings.org) Developed by Adam Osborne in April 1981, the Osborne I was the world's first truly portable computer.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 74) William George Morgan (USA): The inventor of volleyball
30-05-2023
(Worldkings.org) New York State-born William G. Morgan has gone down in history as the inventor of the volleyball game he originally named "Mintonette".
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 73) Alessandro Volta (Italy): Inventor of the world's first electric battery
30-05-2023
(Worldkings.org) Italian physicist Alessandro Volta was the inventor of the electric battery that provided the first source of continuous current.
[Worldkings] Top 100 pioneers in all fields (P. 71) Ignacy Lukasiewicz (Poland): The founder of the world's first oil refinery
27-05-2023
(Worldkings.org) In 1856, Ignacy Łukasiewicz founded an oil refinery and began extracting it from Bóbrka near Krosno, from the oldest industrial crude oil field today.