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  • Summary
  • Bibliography A - C
  • Bibliography D - F
  • Bibliography G - I
  • Bibliography J - L
  • Bibliography M - O
  • Bibliography P - R
  • Bibliography S - U
  • Bibliography V - Z
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Bibliography G - I
Gaboury, Joseph A.
  • b. about 1851 - Montreal, Canada
  • Boles, W. J. "This Date in Alabama History" Birmingham News 19 Sep 1936: 7.
Getzen, John Edwin
  • b. abt. 1902 - GA; d. 1963
  • "These Men Have Been Placed at Helm of Birmingham Mechanical Engineers Group" Birmingham News 22 May 1932: 8. (Stephen D. Moxley, John M. Gilfillan, John E. Getzen)
Gibbs, Leon Monk
  • b. 14 Jan 1900 - Hanceville, AL; d. 4 Sep 1977 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Leon M. Gibbs" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Sep 1977: 31.
Glass, Hugh Bryson
  • b. 29 Jun 1903 - AL; d. 16 Aug 1946 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Hugh Bryson Glass Dies in Laboratory" Birmingham News 18 Aug 1946: 14A.
Gleichert, Arthur Atkinson
  • b. 21 Feb 1911; d. 27 Aug 1978 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Arthur Atkinson Gleichert" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Aug 1978: 4.
  • "Got an Idea, Kept Working" Birmingham News 17 Sept 1970: 50.
Groff, Angus Roland
  • b. 15 Sep 1877 - Canada; d. 1 Aug1960 - Birmingham, AL
  • "Retired Birmingham Chemist is Artist in Brass and Wood" Birmingham News 28 Dec 1958:
  • "A. R. Groff" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Aug 1960: 11.
Harrison, Lawrence H.
  • b. abt 1897; d. 1 December 1965 - Pittsburgh, PA
  • "L. H. Harrison" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Dec 1965: 8.
Haswell, Arthur B.
  • "Arthur B. Haswell Retires from TCI Engineering Post" Birmingham News 14 Aug 1958: A-21.
Hawkins, Floyd L.
  • b. about 1907 - Gadsden, AL; d. 21 December 1967 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Floyd Hawkins" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Dec 1967: 24.
Heckert, Herbert Dean
  • b. 15 Dec 1884 - PA; d. 1 May 1954 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Herbert Dean Heckert, Research Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 2 May 1954: A-2
Heide, Samuel S., Sr.
  • b. 17 July 1884 - NC; d. 8 June 1975; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Samuel S. Heide, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 10 June 1975: 32.
Hendon, Harry H.
  • b. 17 March 1904 Trussville, AL; d. 12 Feb 1973 - Birmingham, AL
  • "Harry H. Hendon, Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 23 Feb 1973: 36.
Hiden, Henry, Jr.
  • b. Lynchburg, VA; d. 22 Jan 1962 - Mobile, AL; buried: Pine Crest Cemetery (Mobile, AL)
  • "Henry Hiden Jr., Engineer, Dies at 78" Birmingham News 22 Jan. 1962: 24.
Hoelker, Rudolf Franz
  • b. Westphalia, Germany; d. 21 June 2003 - Newton, MA
House, Ernest Wendle
  • b. 9 July 1882 - TN; d. Sep 1973 - Birmingham, AL
  • Bates, George. "Superflex A-1021X: Manufacturing Radios in Birmingham" Radio Age 16 (January 1991) 1-3.
  • "Ernest W. House, Sr. (obituary) Birmingham News (Metro ed.) 2 Sep 1973: 4-B.
Hutchison, Miller Reese
  • b. 2 Aug 1876 - Montrose, Baldwin County, AL; d. February 1944 - New York, NY
  • "Alabama’s Hall of Fame" Birmingham News 14 June 1936: 4.
  • "Mobile Inventor Dies in New York: Miller Reese Hutchinson, 67, Called by Death" Mobile Register 21 February 1944.
  • "Native of Alabama with 1,000 Patents to His Credit, has Dual Personality: Dr. Hutchison Spends Day in Wall Street and Night as an Inventor" Birmingham News 3 February 1928: 29.
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