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Thomas Alva Edison invented the first practical electric light bulb in 1879. While there were earlier versions by other inventors like Joseph Swan, Edison's design was the first commercially successful incandescent lamp with a long-lasting carbon filament. The other options are incorrect: Dr. C.V. Raman discovered the Raman effect, Alfred Nobel founded the Nobel Prize and invented dynamite, and Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.