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Lewis Latimer was born on September 4, 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was the son of an escaped slave, George Latimer. Latimer patented an improved way of making the filament in light bulbs. He was just one of the many other inventors who invented upon Thomas Edison's work. He helped create new advances in electricity and also worked in Edison's laboratories. Another accomplishment of Latimer's includes the book he later wrote about electric lighting.

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