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Lewis Latimer
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Lewis Latimer was born in 1848 to parents who were former slaves. He was a gifted engineer and inventor who collaborated with great inventors, such as Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, in the development of the filament bulb and the telephone. Latimer also made significant contributions to the development of modern air-conditioning.
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