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  2. Category:American pioneers - Wikipedia

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    M. Joseph Martin (general) Maryland Ridge Community (Indiana) George Mathews (soldier) John Mathews (American pioneer) William Mayfield; Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt

  3. American pioneer - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham (1851–52). American pioneers, also known as American settlers, were European American, [1] Asian American, [2] and African American [3] settlers who migrated westward from the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States of America to settle and develop areas of the nation within the continent of ...

  4. List of mountain men - Wikipedia

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    Name DOB–DOD Years Active Native Country Comments Albert, John: 1806–1899 1834–1847 United States Ashley, William Henry: 1778–1838 1822–1828 United States Baker, Jim: 1818–1898 1839–1873 United States Barclay, Alex: 1810–1855 1838–1855 Barclay was a British-born frontiersman of the American West.

  5. List of Internet pioneers - Wikipedia

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    He was an ARPANET pioneer, [134] and a key contributor to the development of internetworking protocols. [139] Dalal co-authored the first Transmission Control Program specification, with Vint Cerf and Carl Sunshine between 1973 and 1974. [132] [140] It was published as RFC 675 (Specification of Internet Transmission Control Program) in December ...

  6. List of aviation pioneers - Wikipedia

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    The table is organized by pioneer name in alphabetical order. Columns for Name, Date of birth/Date of death, Country and Achievement can be sorted in either ascending or descending order. If two pioneers are paired together, sorting by DOB or Country uses the information for the first of the pair.

  7. List of explorers - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...

  8. List of pioneers in computer science - Wikipedia

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    Led team that defined a simple text file format for Internet host names, which became the Domain Name System; her group became the naming authority for the top-level domains of .mil, .gov, .edu, .org, and .com 1943 Flowers, Tommy: Designed and built the Mark I Colossus computer, the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices

  9. List of railway pioneers - Wikipedia

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    A railway pioneer is someone who has made a significant contribution to the historical development of the railway (US: railroad). This definition includes locomotive engineers, railway construction engineers, operators of railway companies, major railway investors and politicians, of national and international importance for the development of rail transport.