Mind-Benders of Jewish History
One Jewish life reached from Louis XVI to the light bulb
Sir Moses Montefiore was born in 1784, when Louis XVI still ruled France and travel meant horse and carriage. He lived past his 100th birthday to 1885 — long enough that both the telephone and Edison's electric light bulb had been invented within his lifetime.
How we know
Moses Montefiore born October 24, 1784; died July 28, 1885 (age 100). Bell's telephone patented 1876; Edison's practical incandescent bulb 1879 — both within his life.
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