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English-American engineer and inventor (–)

Elihu Thomson (March 29, – March 13, ) was an English-American engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

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Early life

He was born in Manchester, England, on March 29, , but his family moved to Philadelphia in the United States in ^[1] Thomson attended Central High School in Philadelphia and graduated in ^[2] Thomson took a teaching position at Central, and in , at the age of twenty-three, held the chair of Chemistry.

In , he left Central to pursue research in the emerging field of electrical engineering.^[3]

Electrical innovations

With Edwin J. Houston, a former teacher and later colleague of Thomson's at Central High School, Thomson founded the Thomson-Houston Electric Company. Notable inventions created by Thomson during this period include an arc-lighting system, an automatically regula Elihu Thomson | Inventor, Scientist, Engineer | Britannica DOL