He invented the telegraph (which was one of his personal favorite inventions) and the electric bulb system which lasted up to 40 hours.
Lewis Latimer was Edison's as well as Alexander Graham Bell's Assistant, having drawn up the plans for the telephone that Bell, an audiologist, invented. Latimer also came up with the substance used in the filament of Edison's successful version of the Incandescent Light Bulb and wrote the original manual for electrical distribution, but was barred, in the 1870's through the 1920's until admitted then to the EDISON PIONEERS...... Mr. Latimer was born September 4, 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts and died on December 11, 1928 in New York City, New York.
1920
Mary Hallock-Greenwalt in 1920.
No. 20 amps at 120 volts will handle a maximum of 2400 watts. And you should never continuously load a 20 amp 120 volt circuit to no more than 1920 watts.
A #12 wire can carry 20 amps. Assuming the connected voltage is 120 volts the wattage will be Watts = Amps x Volts. W = 20 x 120 = 2400 watts. The circuit can legally be loaded to 80%. 2400 x 80% = 1920 watts. The maximum amount of loads that can be connected to a 20 amp #12 wire have to be added up individually but stay under 1920 watts.
You did not say in which country, but the answer is probably Thomas Alva Edison.
Thomas Ambler died in 1920.
Thomas Hassall died in 1920.
Thomas Sebeok was born in 1920.
Thomas Parkinson was born in 1920.
Thomas Shadden was born in 1920.
Thomas Birkett died in 1920.
Thomas Payment died in 1920.
Thomas Leith was born in 1920.
Thomas Hedge died in 1920.
Thomas Deane was born in 1792.
jackie robinson was born in 1919 so the 1920's would have been his childhood, so he didnt contribute much to the 20's.