Peter Cooper Hewitt
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Peter Cooper Hewitt was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for creating the mercury-vapor lamp, an important early form of electric lighting.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Cooper Hewitt canonical | 2 |
| Peter Cooper Hewitt@en | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
electrical engineer
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human ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1861-05-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1921-08-25 ⓘ |
| developed | mercury-vapor lamp ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Columbia School of Mines ⓘ
surface form:
School of Mines of Columbia University
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| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Hewitt ⓘ |
| father | Abram S. Hewitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electric lighting
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electrical engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Peter Cooper Hewitt
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Peter Cooper Hewitt@en
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| hasPatentOn | mercury-vapor lamp ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Peter Cooper ⓘ |
| influenced | development of fluorescent lighting ⓘ |
| knownFor | invention of the mercury-vapor lamp ⓘ |
| livedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Institute of Electrical Engineers ⓘ |
| mother |
Sarah Cooper Hewitt
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surface form:
Sarah Amelia Hewitt
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| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advancing high-intensity electric discharge lighting
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pioneering commercial mercury-vapor lamps for lighting ⓘ |
| notableWork | mercury-vapor lamp ⓘ |
| occupation |
electrical engineer
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inventor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Peter Cooper Hewitt@en