Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

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Who would you consider the three most important persons in electrical history and why?

Here's my picks:

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[roger]

Re: Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

William Gilbert; he gave us the word "Electric"

Gustav Robert Kirchoff; for his "Laws of voltage and current"

Nikola Tesla; A/C

Roger

 

[Guest]

Re: Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

Bengy Franklin.
Alexander Graham Bell.
Irving Langmuir.
Guglielmo Marconi.
Robert H. Rines.
Mike Holt.

Plus those other ladies.

 

[tom baker]

Re: Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

Tesla is underated and some of his research on particle beams "dissapeared" after WWII.
Don't forget Bob Transformer.

 

[megatron]

Re: Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

:roll:
Lewis H. Latimer * an electric lamp with an inexpensive carbon filament & threaded wooden socket for light bulbs

Garret Morgan * Traffic Signal

Otis Boykin * electrical resistor

Granville Woods

James Edward West

Louis Roberts

Cordell Reed

Somebody Stop me

 

[electricmanscott]

Re: Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

Eddy Grant. "Electric Avenue"

 

[iwire]

Re: Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

Les Paul


Credited with inventing the solid body electric guitar.

 

[cs409]

Re: Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

but the most important of the list would have to be the moms and dads of the above mentioned ,,,,all those dark nights lead to some bright nights LOL