Lewis Howard Latimer | Biography, Inventions & Death
Lewis Howard Latimer (born September 4, 1848, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Died on December 11, 1928, in Flushing near Queens, New York) was an inventor, patent expert of the electronics industry in the early days, author of a specialist book and a poetry book. He spent a large part of his working life in Thomas Alva Edison companies.At the beginning of his life, he was amid the social upheavals of the time, affected by slavery, and actively involved in the civil wars. Afterward, he was actively involved in the technological revolution of electrification, worked for several important electrical companies of the early days, and was at the forefront of and shaped their struggles for market share and the defense of their innovations.He was involved in drawing up one of the most importan...