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Elijah McCoy

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Profession
Inventor
Died
Oct 10, 1929
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Canada
About
Best known as the inventor of mechanical lubrication for steam engines, he also had 57 other U.S. patents to his name. His name, McCoy, is a likely origin of the expression "The real McCoy." The world was reminded of him in May of 2022 when a Google Doodle appeared recalling his birthday. 
Family
He was first married to Ann Elizabeth Stewart who died four short years after they married. He then married Mary Eleanor Delaney.

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