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Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (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 the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.
Historians Robert Friedel and Paul Israel list inventors of incandescent lamps prior to Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison of General Electric. [4]: 91–93 They conclude that Edison's version was the first practical implementation, able to outstrip the others because of a combination of four factors: an effective incandescent material; a vacuum higher than other implementations which was achieved ...
Biography. Joseph Rockwell Swan was born at Westernville, Oneida County, New York. He studied at an academy in Aurora, New York, where he began the study of law. He moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1824, and studied law at the office of his uncle, Judge Gustavus Swan, where he was soon admitted to the bar. [1]
Awards. Second-team All-American ( 1901) Joseph Rockwell Swan (October 21, 1878 – November 1965) was an American investment banker, football player and coach. He played college football for Yale University from 1899 to 1901 and was the head coach of the 1902 team. Swan later had a long and successful career in the investment banking business ...
The Stargate Project was a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1977 [1][2] at Fort Meade, Maryland, by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and SRI International (a California contractor) to investigate the potential for psychic phenomena in military and domestic intelligence applications. The project, and its precursors and sister projects ...
Joseph Swan (disambiguation) Joseph Swan (1828–1914) was a British physicist and chemist. Joseph Swan may also refer to: Joseph Swan (engraver) (1796–1872), engraver and publisher active in Glasgow. Joseph Swan Academy, a secondary school in England. Joseph Rockwell Swan (politician) (1802–1884), American politician and judge.
Octavio Augusto Ceva Antunes, Brazilian chemist. Anthony Joseph Arduengo, III (born 1952), American chemist. Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841), Swedish chemist. Anton Eduard van Arkel (1893–1976), Dutch chemist. Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927), Swedish chemist, one of the founders of physical chemistry.
Grace College (formerly Joseph Swan School, then Joseph Swan Academy) is a mixed secondary school with academy status situated in south Gateshead, England which educates pupils ages 11–18. The school was originally named after the English physicist and chemist, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan. In 2001, the school was awarded Specialist Technology ...