Franjo Hanaman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franjo Hanaman

Croatian engineer and inventor

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1878

Place of Birth: Drenovci, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1941

Profession: engineer, inventor, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Franjo Hanaman (June 30, 1878 in Drenovci, Slavonia, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary – January 23, 1941 in Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Croatia today) was a Croatian inventor, engineer, and chemist, who gained world recognition for inventing the world's first applied electric light-bulb with a metal filament (tungsten) with his assistant Alexander Just, independently of his contemporaries.
They were granted the Hungarian Patent #34541 on December 13, 1904 in Budapest.
His invention of tungsten filament was also applied in improving early diodes and triodes. Franjo Hanaman was born to a Croatian family as a second child of father Gjuro Hanaman and Emilija Mandušic.