Aimé Argand

male, deceased (1803)
physicist, Swiss, inventor, Chemist, oillamp, hot air balloon
Aimé Argand was Swiss physicist and chemist. He greatly improved the oil lamp. Francois-Pierre-Ami Argand was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the n...
Ferdinand Cheval

Ferdinand Cheval

male, deceased (1924)
French, oillamp, Outsider artist, postman, mail carrier, bible
Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an "Ideal Palace" (French "Palais idéal") which is regarded as an e...

Joseph Hinks

male
inventor, British, oillamp, Key Hill Cemetery, Duplex lamp
Joseph Hinks was a British inventor, working in Birmingham. He patented improvements to oil lamps, marketing the resultant Duplex lamp. His...
E. C. Segar

E. C. Segar

male, deceased (1938)
New York Journal, popeye, hearst, mississippi river, herald, oillamp
Elzie Crisler Segar (December 8 1894 - October 13 1938) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a character who first...