Who invented the electric light bulb?

... and it wasn't Thomas Edison!

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Georges Claude

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French engineer George Claude certainly brightened up the world as he invented the Neon Light.

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Claude's first public demonstration of a large neon light was at the Paris Motor Show in 1910.

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Neon lighting quickly became a popular fixture in outdoor advertising around the world.