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Swan
Swan, Joseph (1828-1914) Born: Sunderland, England
is best known as the inventor of the incandescent lamp. During his life he acquired seventy patents in many areas. He was a devoted experimentalist with interests in photography, the development of miner's lamps, batteries, electroplating, and artificial silk. Swan teamed with Edison in 1883 to form the Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company after Edison's suit for patent infringement was dismissed. J. W. Starr and W. E. Staite were the early pioneers who inspired Swan to research that led to his knighthood in 1904.