Final Jeopardy
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In the past, riding an elevator was complicated and dangerous. Forgetting to manually shut both the elevator and shaft doors properly, posed a real risk of falling down the shaft.
When this man's daughter was almost involved in a catastrophic accident, he decided to develop a system to make elevators safer.
In 1887, this man was granted a patent for an automatic opening and closing mechanism for elevator and shaft doors that is still used today...
Who is Alexander Miles? 