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Peter Cooper Hewitt

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Gender Male
Death102 years ago
Date of birth May 5,1861
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born New York
United States
Date of died August 25,1921
DiedParis
France
NationalityAmerican
Parents Abram Hewitt
Sarah Amelia Hewitt
Siblings Erskine Hewitt
Edward Ringwood Hewitt
Sarah Hewitt
Amy Hewitt
Eleanor Hewitt
Job Inventor
Electrical engineer
Education Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Stevens Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Known forArc lamp
Awards Elliott Cresson Medal
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Peter Cooper Hewitt was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901. Hewitt was issued U.S. Patent 682,692 on September 17, 1901. In 1903, Hewitt created an improved version that possessed higher color qualities which eventually found widespread industrial use.

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