Thomas Edison

CTL-E-4234 · Person · other · 1870s-1931

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

American inventor and businessman whose Edison Electric Light Company hired Lewis Latimer in 1884 as a draftsman and expert witness in patent litigation.

Notes

RELP97 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-1069 worked_under. Identity-checked 2026-10-06: no collision.

Referenced by

Lewis Howard Latimer — worked under → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Lewis Howard Latimer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer
Interesting Engineering, 'Lewis Howard Latimer'. https://www.interestingengineering.com/engineers-directory/lewis-howard-latimer

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