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20th October 2012

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People Who Studied Abroad #461:Elijah McCoy, engineer and inventor (holder of 57 U.S. patents, most relating to steam locomotives) From: Born free in Canada to fugitive slave parents, raised from the age of 5 in the United States Studied: He left at age 15 for Edinburgh, Scotland, where he received his mechanical engineering education, completed an internship and was certified as a mechanical engineer.

People Who Studied Abroad #461:
Elijah McCoy, engineer and inventor (holder of 57 U.S. patents, most relating to steam locomotives)

From:
Born free in Canada to fugitive slave parents, raised from the age of 5 in the United States

Studied:
He left at age 15 for Edinburgh, Scotland, where he received his mechanical engineering education, completed an internship and was certified as a mechanical engineer.

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