AKA Charles Francis Brush

Born: 17-Mar-1849
Birthplace: Euclid, OH
Died: 15-Jun-1929
Location of death: Cleveland, OH
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Inventor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Electrical pioneer

Inventor of the arc light, founder of Brush Electric, and also Linde Air Products Co. (later part of Union Carbide.)

Wife: Mary Ellen Morris (m. 6-Oct-1875)
Daughter: Edna, (b. 25-Mar-1880)
Daughter: Helene (b. 27-Apr-1884)
Son: Charles Francis Brush, Jr. (b. 30-Sep-1893, d. 1927 transfusion complications)

    Rumford Prize 1899
    IEEE Edison Medal 1913

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