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Lewis Howard Latimer
Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an American inventor and draftsman.
== Early life ==
Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1848, the youngest of five children of Rebecca Latimer (1826–1910) and George Latimer (July 4, 1818〔Fouché, Rayvon, "Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation: Granville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer, and Shelby J. Davidson." The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, 2003, ISBN 0-8018-7319-3〕 - May 29, 1896). George Latimer had been the slave of James B. Gray of Virginia. George Latimer ran away to freedom in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 1842, along with his mother Rebecca, who had been the slave of another man. When Gray, the owner, appeared in Boston to take them back to Virginia, it became a noted case in the movement for abolition of slavery, gaining the involvement of such abolitionists as William Lloyd Garrison. Eventually funds were raised to pay Gray $400 for the freedom of George Latimer.〔
Lewis Latimer joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 15 on September 16, 1863, and served as a Landsman on the USS ''Massasoit''. After receiving an honorable discharge from the Navy on July 3, 1865, he gained employment as an office boy with a patent law firm, ''Crosby Halstead and Gould'', with a $3.00 per week salary. He learned how to use a set square, ruler and other tools. Later, after his boss recognized his talent for sketching patent drawings, Latimer was promoted to the position of head draftsman earning $20.00 a week by 1872.〔
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