Author/Editor Shah-Kazemi, Reza
Born in the year 980, in what is now Uzbekistan, Muslim scholar Avicenna was known later in life as the Prince of Physicians.
KS2/3
Hood Hood Books, 1997, ISBN 190025123X

Author/Editor Ferris, Jeri
Banneker was a free black man who lived at a time when most African Americans were slaves. He was an accomplished farmer, mathematician, astronomer and surveyor., who made his mark on the newly independent USA.
KS2/3
Carolrhoda Books, 1990, ISBN 0876145217

Author/Editor Pinkney, Andrea D.
Benjamin Banneker was an accomplished astronomer and mathematician who, unlike most Black American men of the time (Late 18th Century), was born free. He corresponded with Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and told him what he thought about Jefferson owning slaves. This book details their correspondence.
KS2
Voyager Books, 1998, ISBN 0152018921

Author/Editor Carter, Andy & Carol Saller
Born a slave near the end of the Civil War, George Washington Carver became a teacher and scientist at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute in the 1900s. He gained fame for his pioneering agricultural work.
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Carolrhoda Books, 2001, ISBN 1575054582

Author/Editor Towle, Wendy
Picture book detailing the life of African American Elijah McCoy (1844-1929) who designed an automatic oil cup and later set up a company to manufacture lubricators.
KS2/3
Scholastic, 1995, ISBN 0590481029