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An innovator or pioneer in a general sense is a person or an organisation who is one of the first to do something and often opens up a new area for others and achieves an innovation
Innovation

The term innovation means a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations....
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An innovator or pioneer in a general sense is a person or an organisation who is one of the first to do something and often opens up a new area for others and achieves an innovation
Innovation

The term innovation means a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations....
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Innovators in history


Pioneers innovate in a particular field, i.e. "Mr. Smith is a pioneer in the teaching profession...", first recorded in 1780s.

People that are often called innovators include:

  • Wright Brothers
    Wright brothers

    The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur , were two United States who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful fixed-wing aircraft and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air Flight#Mechanical flight, on December 17, 1903....
     - pioneered controlled flight
  • Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison

    Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb....
  • Henry Ford
    Henry Ford

    Henry Ford was the United States founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T History of the automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry....
     - pioneered mass produced motor cars
  • Nikola Tesla
    Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla was an inventor and a mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. Tesla was born in the village of Smiljan near the town of Gospic, in Croatia ....
     - pioneered the induction motor
    Induction motor

    An induction motor is a type of asynchronous AC motor where power is supplied to the rotating device by means of Electromagnetic induction. Other commonly used name is squirrel cage motor due to the fact that the rotor bars with short circuit rings resemble a squirrel cage ....
  • Robert H. Goddard
    Robert H. Goddard

    Robert Hutchings Goddard , U.S. professor of physics and scientist, was a pioneer of controlled, liquid rocket rocketry. He launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926....
     - pioneered the liquid rocket engine
  • Tim Berners Lee - invented the web


See also

  • Innovation
    Innovation

    The term innovation means a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations....
  • Timeline of historic inventions