One of the first to explain it was Irish scientist Sir George Stokes from the University of Cambridge in 1852, who named the phenomenon "fluorescence" after fluorite, a mineral many of whose samples glow strongly because of impurities.

2019年8月16日 · No one knows who initially proposed the notion that Agapito Flores, a Filipino electrician who lived and worked in the early 20th century, invented the first fluorescent lamp. In spite of evidence that disproves the claim, the controversy has raged for years.

2019年1月29日 · Edmund Germer is credited by some historians as being the inventor of the first true fluorescent lamp. However, it can be argued that fluorescent lamps have a long history of development before Germer.

2012年12月22日 · Agapito Flores did not invent the fluorescent lamp. It’s a myth that was mistakenly presented as a fact in some Philippine school textbooks. Dr. Dr. Benito Vergara, one of the founders of the IRRI, claims that a certain Flores did have a …

2019年9月28日 · Eventually, American inventor Peter Cooper Hewitt patented the first mercury vapor lamp — the granddaddy of today’s fluorescent lights — in 1901. As for Flores himself, some doubt that he even existed.

1936-1937: In July, 1936 machinery to produce fluorescent lamps is beginning development with Philip J. Pritchard in charge. Meanwhile other departments of GE aided in construction of ballasts, starters (incorporated in the same case as the ballast at first), and lamp sockets for F lamps.

Edmund Germer (August 24, 1901 – August 10, 1987) was a German inventor, recognized as the father of the fluorescent lamp. His father was an accountant. He obtained a doctorate from the University of Berlin in lighting technology.