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SWAN/08/01
Title
Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, 1881.
Date(s)
- 1881 (Creation)
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1 item
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Joseph Swan was awarded Chevalier de la d’Honneur (The Legion of Honour) for his invention of the electric light bulb, after showing it in an exhibition in Paris in 1881. The Legion of Honour was the was highest decoration (award) in France.
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Open
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No known copyright restrictions
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- English
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