Who First Invented the Lightbulb?

An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb with a vacuum or inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation.

Who is the real inventor of the light bulb?

Thomas Edison, of course, is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the lightbulb — among many other things.

When was the lightbulb first invented?

Incandescent Bulbs Light the Way

Long before Thomas Edison patented -- first in 1879 and then a year later in 1880 -- and began commercializing his incandescent light bulb, British inventors were demonstrating that electric light was possible with the arc lamp.