Article One: Before There Was Light.
Henry Woodward grew up in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was born on November 24 1832. Henry was like any other child, he played with his two younger brothers and his older sister. He also admired and greatly respected his mother, Lucy who was a neurologist, and father, Marc. They were his biggest and most dominant influences. Yet when he was ten years old, Marc sadly died of respiratory cancer. Lucy had to raise Henry and his siblings by herself, hoping that one day one of her children followed in the footsteps of her career.
She was delighted when Henry finally graduated from high school and proceeded to the University of Toronto to study medicine. However he did not pursue into being a medic.
Article two: Light In The Making.
One of Henry’s best
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Patent number 181613 for “Electric Light”.
Three years with his American patent, Woodward tried and tried to interest investors in his invention. Yet, because it had been so long since Woodward first introduced his product, his idea slowly faded away.
One day when Henry desperately tried (unsuccessfully) to sell his product, a man well known in the United States, was interested in the creation of these two young gentlemen, for he could see the potential usefulness of the light bulb. He also saw financial and commercial prospects in the light bulb.
This man was named Thomas Alva Edison. He was intrigued by the idea of electric lighting and wanted to buy the product. Therefore, he made an appointment to meet with Woodward and hoped that they could come to a reasonable agreement.
In 1879, Woodward and Edison came to an understanding and Edison bought the patent rights for the light bulb for a price of 5,000 dollars today’s dollars about 113,600 dollars for a product that others had thought useless. Later on, Edison also bought the Canadian