who invented the first light bulb
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor, scientist and a businessman who invented the first practical bulb. He got the patent for his invention in 1879 in U. S. But records tell us that Joseph Swan, a British inventor got his invention for the same patented a year prior to Edison in Britain.y Tomo Â· November 4, 2010. The first light bulb was invented in 1809 by Sir Humphry Davy. He started working on his project in 1801. He ran electric current through two platinum rods which could not stay for long.