Joseph Swan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Swan

British physicist and inventor

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1828

Place of Birth: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-May-1914

Profession: physicist, inventor, chemist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor.
He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.In 1904, Swan was knighted by King Edward VII, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and was made an honorary member of the Pharmaceutical Society.
He had received the highest decoration in France, the Legion of Honour, when he visited the 1881 International Exposition of Electricity, Paris.
The exhibition included displays of his inventions, and the city was lit with his electric lighting.