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Benjamin Gilowitz 1879 - 1964

Benjamin Gilowitz of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on May 15, 1879, and died at age 85 years old in November 1964.

Benjamin Gilowitz
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Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10453
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May 15, 1879
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    Benjamin Gilowitz lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1879, in the year that Benjamin Gilowitz was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1894, he was just 15 years old when large reserves of oil were discovered on the Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Previously thought to be "useless" land - not even good for farming - the tribe had bought the land themselves. The discovery of oil made the Osage the "richest group of people in the world" at the time.
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