Lester Wire, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American inventor of the electric traffic light
Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1887
Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date of Death: 14-Apr-1958
Profession: engineer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Lester Wire
- Lester Farnsworth Wire (September 3, 1887 – April 14, 1958) was credited with the invention of the electric traffic light in 1912 in Salt Lake City.
- Wire worked as a detective for the Salt Lake City police force.
- The original traffic light, based on a semaphore system, had been invented in London in 1868 by John Peake Knight but had not been a success. The earliest known patent for a traffic light in the United States was U.S.Patent # 1,251,666 issued January 1, 1918, to J.B.
- Hoge of Cleveland, Ohio.
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