This work tells the story of famous businesspeople and inventors by introducing evidence that survives from the era in which the person lived. This work: uses primary source materials to explain how we know about the person's life and how we can learn about events in the past; can be used in the Literacy Hour as examples of biological recount; and, supports the learning strands "study the lives of famous people", fins out about aspects of the past from a range of sources, ask and answer questions about the past.