About Joseph Swan

Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is responsible for developing the first use of incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.

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Joseph Swan

British physicist and inventor (1828-1914)

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Occupation: chemist, physicist, inventor, engineer

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Born

October 31, 1828

Died

May 27, 1914

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