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Thomas Charles John Bain (29 September 1830, in Graaff-Reinet – 29 September 1893) was a South African road engineer.As a prolific road building pioneer, Bain was responsible for the planning and construction of more than 900 km of roads and mountain passes, many of them still in use today, over a career spanning from 1848 until 1888.
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2001, Kenneth "Ken" Hall designed the Cobb grill, a charcoal briquette stove as a safer alternative to the paraffin stoves that cause many home fires in rural areas of South Africa. The grill was featured in the Time Magazine's best inventions of the year in 2001. [28] 2001, Engineer Graeme Wells created the oil-can guitar. [8]
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Trefor Jenkins (born 1932), human geneticist from South Africa, noted for his work on DNA. Aaron Klug (1926–2018), Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, who won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He moved to South Africa at the age of two and studied at the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Cape Town.
James Henry Greathead (1844–1896), South Africa – tunnel boring machine, tunnelling shield technique Chester Greenwood (1858–1937), U.S. – thermal earmuffs Lori Greiner (born 1969), U.S. – Silver Safekeeper anti-tarnish lining (jewelry organizers) and multiple consumer products, 120 US and foreign patents
7 November 1917 in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa 1 January 2009 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 1972 [44] Richard Luyt (1915–1994) South Africa Stephen Biko: 18 December 1946 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa 12 September 1977 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 1978 American Friends Service Committee: Beyers Naudé