Edison and Swan Electric Light Company Edison and Swan Electric Light Company The Edison and Swan Electric Light Company Limited was a manufacturer of incandescent lamp bulbs and other electrical goods. It was formed in 1883 with the name Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company with the merger of the Swan United Electric Company and the Edison Electric Light Company. Thomas Edison established the Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. Joseph Swan established the Swan United Electric Light Company in 1881. In 1882 the American Edison Company of Thomas Edison sued Swan, claiming infringement of Edison's U.S. patent of 1879; however, they never made it
An Englishman in New York (film) An Englishman in New York (film) An Englishman in New York is a 2009 biographical film that chronicles the years gay English writer Quentin Crisp spent in New York City, starring John Hurt reprising his role as Crisp from "The Naked Civil Servant" (1975). The film takes its title from "Englishman in New York", a song about Crisp written by Sting for the 1987 album "...Nothing Like the Sun". The film follows Quentin Crisp’s move in the late 1970s from London to New York City, where he was embraced by celebrities and artists. Crisp becomes a local, and then more