MEA: Famous Floridian
Who was the Most Famous Floridian of the 19th Century?
Name
occupation
Contribution to
society
Life span
doctor /
inventor
Ice machine
Early air conditioner
1803-1855
Year
Moved to
Florida
1833
Zora Neale Hurston
author
1891-1960
1893
Ernest Hemingway
author
First African American
to publish African
American folklore
Classic literature
1899-1961
1931
oil tycoon /
developer
Florida East Coast
Railway
1830-1913
1882
author
Famous book called
The Yearling
1896-1953
1928
inventor
Light bulb
Phonograph
1847-1931
1901
Dr. John Gorrie
Henry Flagler
Marjorie Kinnan
Rawlings
Thomas Alva Edison
(only spent
winters here)
End of Life Results
His ice machine was
forgotten for 50 years
before anyone tried to
build another air
conditioner.
Her books became less
popular for many decades.
He became sick and stayed
away from people. He
caused his family
heartache.
Some of the railroad to the
Keys was destroyed in a
1935 hurricane and had to
be rebuilt by the state
years later.
She was sued by her friend
for writing about her in
one of her books.
He worked with Henry
Ford to help produce
rubber for automobile
tires.