Joseph Swan blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (1828-1914) Chemist, physicist and inventor of the incandescent light bulb which he first demonstrated at a public lecture here on 3 February 1879. Nearby Mosley Street was the first street in the world to be lit by such electric bulbs. Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Society of Chemistry.

Sir Joseph Swan FRS was a British chemist and physicist who significantly contributed to the development of the practical incandescent light bulb, demonstrating it publicly in 1879; his innovations were foundational to modern lighting technology.