Joseph Swan
English physicist and chemist
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS 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 ... Wikipedia
Born: October 31, 1828, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, United Kingdom
Died: May 27, 1914 (age 85 years), Warlingham, United Kingdom
Parents: Isabella Cameron and John Swan
Known for: Incandescent light bulb; Photographic process
Awards: Hughes Medal (1904) and Albert Medal (1906)
Siblings: Elizabeth Swan