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Agapito Flores was born in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines on September 28, 1897. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and later moved to Tondo, Manila where he trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.
It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French patent for a fluorescent bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores' patent rights and manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from it). However, all the inventors named above and more predate Agapito Flores' possible work on any fluorescent bulb.
According to Dr. Benito Vergara of the Philippine Science Heritage Center, "As far as I could learn, a certain Flores presented the idea of fluorescent light to Manuel Quezon when he became president. At that time, General Electric Co. had already presented the fluorescent light to the public."
So he is only famous for NOT inventing the fluorescent tube.
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When did agapito g flores die?
He died in 1943.
What are the collection of agapito flores during his childhood days?
Agapito Flores was born in 1897 in the Philippines. Not much is known about his childhood, except that he worked as an apprentice during his teenage years for a machine shop, and later went to school to become an electrician.
When was Agapito Conchu born?
Agapito Conchu was born in 1895.
When did Agapito Sánchez die?
Agapito Sánchez died on 2005-11-15.
When did Agapito Lozada die?
Agapito Lozada died on 2011-07-28.
