Marie Van Brittan Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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invented the home security system
Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1929
Place of Birth: Queens, New York, United States
Date of Death: 02-Feb-1999
Profession: inventor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Marie Van Brittan Brown
- Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922 – February 2, 1999) was an African-American inventor.
- She was the inventor of the home security system (U.S.
- Patent 3,482,037) in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown.
- In the same year they jointly applied for a patent, which was granted in 1969.
- Brown was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York; she died there at the age of 76.
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