Lewis Howard Latimer
1848-1928
American inventor and engineer who invented a durable and inexpensive carbon filament for lightbulbs in 1882. Latimer was originally trained as a draftsman and drew many...
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Lewis H. Latimer
Born September 4, 1848 (Chelsea, Massachusetts)
Died December 11, 1928 (Flushing, New York)
Inventor
Lewis H. Latimer had an honored career as an inventor, skilled mechanical draftspe...
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Although Lewis Latimer was born before the Civil War, he was born free, unlike most African-Americans of his day. His father had escaped slavery in Virginia and moved to Boston, where abolitionists pu...
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In the late 19th century, despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles facing the son of a former slave, Lewis Latimer (1848-1928) contributed many technological advances in the field of electricity...
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Lewis Howard Latimer
Latimer, Lewis H.
Lewis Howard Latimer
Lewis Latimer