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Alexander Miles was an African American inventor who patented an automatically opening and closing elevator door mechanism in 1887, significantly improving passenger safety.
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Alexander Miles ranks #385 of 424 in the Inventor ranking, behind Mary Anderson, ahead of Frederick Gardner Cottrell.
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