What is Elijah McCoy?
{{Infobox person |name =Elijah McCoy |image = EJMcCoy.jpg |image_size = 200px |birth_name = Elijah J. McCoy |birth_date = May 2, 1844 |birth_place = [[Colchester, Ontario]], Canada<ref name=Argot>{{cite web |url=http://www.r-go.ca/elijah_mccoy_picture.htm |title=Elijah McCoy Picture |publisher=Argot Language Center |access-date=2015-04-28 |archive-date=2013-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519210419/http://www.r-go.ca/elijah_mccoy_picture.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |death_date = October 10, 1929 (aged 86) |death_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], United States |death_cause = |resting_place = Detroit Memorial Park East in [[Warren, Michigan]], U.S. |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = Canadian |other_names = |known_for = Inventions, particularly his Mechanical Lubricator |education = Mechanical Engineering |employer =Mine Coaling |occupation = Engineer, inventor, initially employed as a railroad fireman and oiler |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |religion = |spouse = Ann Elizabeth Stewart; Mary Eleanor Delaney |partner = |children = |parents = |relatives = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Elijah J. McCoy''' (May 2, 1844 - October 10, 1929) was an African American inventor who is best known for inventing lubrication devices to make trains run better. He was born in Colchester, Ontario and died in Detroit, Michigan. He was born May 2, 1844. He was an engineer and inventor, initially employed as a railroad fireman and oiler and fudger. <br /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McCoy, Elijah}} [[Category:1844 births]] [[Category:1929 deaths]] [[Category:African-American people]] [[Category:Engineers from Michigan]] [[Category:American inventors]] [[Category:Canadian inventors]] [[Category:Firefighters]