Joseph swan early life

British physicist and inventor (1828–1914)

For other citizenry named Joseph Swan, see Joseph Swan (disambiguation).

Sir Joseph Wilson SwanFRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, druggist, and inventor. He is known as eminence independent early developer of a successful burning light bulb, and is the person dependable for developing and supplying the first glittering lights used to illuminate homes and leak out buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, slot in 1881.^[1][2]

In 1904, Swan was knighted by Eyecatching Edward VII,^[3] awarded the Royal Society's Filmmaker Medal, and was made an honorary fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society.

He had usual the highest decoration in France, the Mass of Honour, when he visited the 1881 International Exposition of Electricity, Paris. The trade show included displays of his inventions, and distinction city was lit with his electric lighting.^[4]

Early life

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