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Lewis Howard Latimer

1848 - 1928

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Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars. In 1884, he joined the Edison Electric Light Company where he worked as a draftsman. The Lewis H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Howard Latimer has received more than 1,683,684 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Howard Latimer is the 361st most popular inventor (down from 325th in 2019), the 9,226th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,851st in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Inventor.

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  • 20

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  • 1.49

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  • 3.90

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Lewis Howard Latimer ranks 361 out of 354. Before him are Charles Darrow, George Beauchamp, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Andy Bechtolsheim, John Whitehurst, and Elmer Ambrose Sperry. After him are Bette Nesmith Graham, Frank J. Sprague, Roger C. Field, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Charles Ammi Cutter, and Peter Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Lewis Howard Latimer ranks 108. Before him are Jørgen Løvland, Amos Burn, Helen Allingham, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Gunnar Knudsen, and Bernard Bosanquet. After him are Diederik Korteweg and W. G. Grace. Among people deceased in 1928, Lewis Howard Latimer ranks 106. Before him are Árpád Tóth, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Antonín Sova, Karl Röderer, Gunnar Knudsen, and George Dole. After him are Edmund Gosse, George Siegmann, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Johan Olin, and Nora Bayes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Howard Latimer ranks 9,226 out of 18,182. Before him are Arthur Harnden (1924), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), Madge Bellamy (1899), Alberta Hunter (1895), Kathryn Erbe (1965), and John Schofield (1831). After him are Kenneth Appel (1932), James L. Jones (1943), Robert A. M. Stern (1939), Scott Wolf (1968), Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912), and Brad Delp (1951).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Lewis Howard Latimer ranks 101. Before him are Dean Kamen (1951), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Charles Darrow (1889), George Beauchamp (1899), and Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860). After him are Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), Peter Cooper (1791), and Arnold Orville Beckman (1900).

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