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.
- Occupation
- chemist, physicist, inventor, engineer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- October 31, 1828
- Died
- May 27, 1914
