Electricity pioneers. Historical image of pioneers of the use of electrical energy at the awarding of the Franklin medal to Thomas Edison,in 1915. From left to right - Front row: Dr R.B. Owens (US electrical engineer),John Carty (1861-1932,US electrical engineer),Frank Sprague (1857-1934,US inventor),William Stanley (1858-1916,US physicist),Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938,Canadian sculptor,doctor and soldier). Back row: Samuel Insull (1859-1938,US-British pioneer of electrical infrastructure),Dr. Walton Clark (1907–1924),Thomas Edison (1847-1931,US inventor and pioneer of electric light) and his wife,Chevalier Van Rappard. Photographed at the Franklin Institute,USA,in 1915 |