Lewis Latimer. In one article, Latimer “...is considered by some to be ‘the actual inventor of the modern light bulb,’ rather than Thomas Edison. Latimer (b. 1848, d. 1928) has an impressive ...

The thing is, though, his facts were a little off. As far as we know, Edison did invent the light bulb, but a Black inventor named Lewis Latimer actually made it better and more accessible.

FALL RIVER — It’s been long overdue — 95 years in fact — but Saturday saw the unveiling of a headstone and memorial for 19th century Black inventor Lewis ... light bulb and the early ...

One of the earliest known African-American inventors, Lewis Latimer played a key role in the development of many modern innovations—including the light bulb. Latimer made the carbon filament of ...

Black inventors and entrepreneurs have played ... While Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the light bulb, Lewis ...

The story of the lightbulb begins long before Edison patented the first commercially successful bulb in 1879. In 1800, Italian inventor ... In 1882, Lewis Howard Latimer, one of Edison's ...

FALL RIVER, M.A. (WJAR) — Lewis Latimer was ... Bell and Thomas Edison. Latimer is credited with making a new process for producing carbon filaments for light bulbs, improving train toilets ...

Electric light ... Lewis Howard Latimer, a patent draftsman who had worked with Alexander Graham Bell at one time. Latimer would also play a big role in developing Edison’s carbon filament light ...

1881: Lewis Latimer, a son of formerly enslaved Virginians, invented the carbon light bulb filament. Thomas Edison famously invented the light bulb, but it was Latimer’s invention that allowed ...

when it installs a memorial to scientist Lewis H. Latimer in Oak Grove Cemetery. Latimer, a Black innovator who in the 19th century helped Thomas Edison invent the light bulb and created several ...