Lewis Howard Latimer
By: Glennette Tilley Turner.
Series: Pioneers in change
Publisher: Silver Burdett Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928 -- Juvenile literature.; Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928.; Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Inventors.; African Americans -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: A biography of the Afro-American inventor who, among other contributions, invented an inexpensive method for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-119) and index.