A Baltimore dentist who housed what is believed to be the world's largest collection died on May 7, 2002, at the age of 79. Dr. Hugh Francis Hicks, creator and curator of the Mount Vernon Museum of ...

Dr. Hugh Hicks' bright idea is becoming a tourist attraction. The Baltimore dentist collected about 50,000 light bulbs, and had many on display in the basement of his office. After Hicks' death, his ...

The bulbs were used in a trial in 1890 when Mr Edison defended his patent for the light bulb. They were documented at the time of the trial but were presumed lost until 2002, when they were discovered ...

Britain’s biggest collection of light bulbs went under the hammer for £1,750 at auction today. The set of more than 500 bulbs was bought as a single lot by a European buyer after the electrician who ...