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  • OK, in the absence of any answers I will summarize what I have found. The name is spelled Lewis Latimer and he assisted Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison with drafting and patent applications. http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/latimer/latimer.html The popular understanding is that Lewis invented the carbon filament for Edison's light bulb. However, he did not work for Edison until much later based upon the info in the above website.

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