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Well, what we learned when we were younger, is partially incorrect.

Does anybody know who invented the light bulb?

Thomas Edison...right?

Who was Henry Woodward?

HENRY WOODWARD'S CHARACTERISTIC #1

Henry Woodward was a Canadian inventor who invented

something that uses electricity.

He was born on

November 24th, 1832 and died in 1917.

Henry Woodward's mother was named Lucy and his dad was named Marc.

Marc died of respiratory cancer

when Henry was a young child.

Lucy was a neurologist.

Woodward had two younger brother and one elder sister.

He was a RISK TAKER

Henry Woodward used very dangerous substances like nitrogen while making the light bulb.

What Did Henry Woodward Do?

Henry Woodward

Henry Woodward invented the incandescent light bulb. He was

the actual inventor of the light bulb.

After he had made it, he did not have money to back it up.

Then, Thomas Edison bought the patent from him saying he

changed it, but nobody knows the truth...

Where did Henry Woodward live?

Henry Woodward lived in Toronto, Ontario. He constructed the light bulb along with Matthew Evans in Morrison's Brass Foundry.

When?

Henry Woodward filed the patent on July 24, 1874

for the invention of the light bulb. It was granted on

August 3, 1874.

Why?

Henry Woodward sold the patent to Thomas

Edison because him and his partner, Mathew

Evans didn't have enough money to back it up.

He was in medical college at that time.

HENRY WOODWARD'S CHARACTERISTICS #2

He was IMAGINATIVE

For Woodward's brain to think of a light bulb. We got to give him some credit.

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