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| Lewis H. Latimer (1848 - 1928) |
Lewis H. Latimer
Model For Today's Youth
How many American people know that an African -American man born in Chelsea,
Massachusetts before the Civil War to runaway slaves would achieve all of the following
in his life:
1848 Lewis H. Latimer born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on September 4.
1861 Begin working as an office boy for Isaac Wright, a prominent lawyer
1864 Joins U.S. Navy
1865 Hired by the patent lawyer firm Cosby and Gould as an office boy
1873 Marries Mary Wilson on September 20
1874 Patents an improvement on train water closets with W.C. Brown
1876 Executes the drawings for Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone.
1879 Begins working for Hiram Maxim's U.S. Electric Lighting Company; invents a
carbon filament to make electric lights longer lasting and more affordable
1882 Receives a patent arc lamps; travels to Philadelphia, New York and Montreal to
supervise the installation of lights and wiring; sets up a light bulb factory in
London
1883 Daughter Emma Jeannette born; Latimer constructs the Latimer lamp while at the
Omstead Electrical Company; begins working for Thomas Alva Edison
1886 Latimer receives patent for Apparatus for Cooling and Disinfecting on January 12
1890 Named Edison Electric Light Company's Chief Draftsman; publishes
incandescent Electric Lighting, A Practical Description of the Edison system;
daughter Louise Rebbeca born
1896 Becomes the chief draftsman at the Board of Patent Control; receives patent foe
Locking Rack for hats, coats and umbrellas on March 24
1911 Becomes a patent consultant at Edwin Hammer's firm
1918 Becomes a charter member of the Edison Pioneer
1925 "The Poems of Love and Life" is published
1928 Dies on December 11
1988 Latimer's home in Flushing N.Y. is moved to a new location in Queens to serve
as a museum
Model For Today's Youth
How many American people know that an African -American man born in Chelsea,
Massachusetts before the Civil War to runaway slaves would achieve all of the following
in his life:
1848 Lewis H. Latimer born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on September 4.
1861 Begin working as an office boy for Isaac Wright, a prominent lawyer
1864 Joins U.S. Navy
1865 Hired by the patent lawyer firm Cosby and Gould as an office boy
1873 Marries Mary Wilson on September 20
1874 Patents an improvement on train water closets with W.C. Brown
1876 Executes the drawings for Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone.
1879 Begins working for Hiram Maxim's U.S. Electric Lighting Company; invents a
carbon filament to make electric lights longer lasting and more affordable
1882 Receives a patent arc lamps; travels to Philadelphia, New York and Montreal to
supervise the installation of lights and wiring; sets up a light bulb factory in
London
1883 Daughter Emma Jeannette born; Latimer constructs the Latimer lamp while at the
Omstead Electrical Company; begins working for Thomas Alva Edison
1886 Latimer receives patent for Apparatus for Cooling and Disinfecting on January 12
1890 Named Edison Electric Light Company's Chief Draftsman; publishes
incandescent Electric Lighting, A Practical Description of the Edison system;
daughter Louise Rebbeca born
1896 Becomes the chief draftsman at the Board of Patent Control; receives patent foe
Locking Rack for hats, coats and umbrellas on March 24
1911 Becomes a patent consultant at Edwin Hammer's firm
1918 Becomes a charter member of the Edison Pioneer
1925 "The Poems of Love and Life" is published
1928 Dies on December 11
1988 Latimer's home in Flushing N.Y. is moved to a new location in Queens to serve
as a museum
Design by: Anthony Donatelli
Last Revised: 05/21/08 05:27:28
Last Revised: 05/21/08 05:27:28
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