Joseph Swan
Sign in to saveBritish physicist and inventor (1828-1914)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1791
- Died
- 1874
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Névrologie
- An account of a new method of making dried anatomical preparations
- The brain in relation to the mind
- The special communications of the motive segments of the crus of the brain with the intellect
- Nouvelle méthode pour faire les préparations anatomiques sèches, et leur conserver l'apparence et les avantages des préparations fraiches, sans en avoir les inconvéniens
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 698
- Total plays
- 2,216
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection
· 2016 · cited 38,797x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,710x
- Naturalistic inquiry
· 1985 · cited 33,242x
- When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM
· 2019 · cited 19,898x
- CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP
· 1985 · cited 19,536x
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Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Wilson Swan , ( 1828-10-31 ) 31 October 1828, Bishopwearmouth , Sunderland , County Durham , England
- Died
- 27 May 1914 (1914-05-27) (aged 85), Warlingham , Surrey , England
- Known for
- Incandescent light bulb , Photographic process
- Awards
- Legion of Honour (1881) , Hughes Medal (1904) , Albert Medal (1906)
- Fields
- Physics , Chemistry
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Key dates
- Born
- 31 October 1828
- Died
- 27 May 1914
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Sunderland
- Place of death
- Surrey
- Occupation
- engineer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Field of work
- chemistry
Article
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is responsible for developing the first use of incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.
In 1904, Swan was knighted by King Edward VII, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and was made a member of the Pharmaceutical Society. He had received the highest decoration in France, the Legion of Honour, when he visited the 1881 International Exposition of Electricity, Paris. The exhibition included displays of his inventions, and the city was lit with his electric lighting.