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.

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instanceOf electrical engineer
human
inventor
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1861-05-05
dateOfDeath 1921-08-25
developed mercury-vapor lamp
educatedAt Columbia University
Columbia School of Mines
surface form: School of Mines of Columbia University
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Hewitt
father Abram S. Hewitt NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork electric lighting
electrical engineering
givenName Peter
hasNameInLanguage Peter Cooper Hewitt self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peter Cooper Hewitt@en
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
surface form: Sarah Amelia Hewitt
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement advancing high-intensity electric discharge lighting
pioneering commercial mercury-vapor lamps for lighting
notableWork mercury-vapor lamp
occupation electrical engineer
inventor
placeOfBirth New York
New York City
United States of America
placeOfDeath France
Paris
sexOrGender male

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Calvary Cemetery, Queens hasBurial Peter Cooper Hewitt
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Abram Stevens Hewitt child Peter Cooper Hewitt