7 ▁Category : M el ip ot is <0x0A> </s> ▁Albert ▁L ero y ▁Marsh , ▁( August ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 8 7 7 ▁– ▁September ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 4 4 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁met all urg ist . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁he ▁co - in vent ed ▁the ▁first ▁met all ic ▁al loy ▁from ▁which ▁a ▁high - res istance ▁wire ▁could ▁be ▁made ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁dur able ▁and ▁safe ▁he ating ▁element . ▁While ▁working ▁at ▁H os kins ▁Man ufact uring , ▁the ▁company ▁of ▁chem ist , ▁elect rical ▁engineer , ▁invent or ▁and ▁entrepr ene ur ▁William ▁H os kins ▁( 1 8 6 2 – 1 9 3 4 ) ▁the ▁two ▁experiment ed ▁for ▁several ▁years ▁until ▁the ▁al loy ▁was ▁perfect ed . ▁The ▁material ▁was ▁pat ented ▁that ▁year ▁as ▁chrom el , ▁later ▁and ▁still ▁today ▁market ed ▁as ▁nich rome . ▁For ▁this ▁in vention , ▁Marsh ▁was ▁acc laimed ▁as ▁" father ▁of ▁the ▁elect rical ▁he ating ▁industry ". ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Marsh ▁was ▁born ▁August ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁in ▁Pont iac , ▁Illinois , ▁the ▁oldest ▁of ▁three ▁children . ▁The ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁P ana , ▁Illinois , ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 . ▁Marsh ▁went ▁to ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois ▁at ▁U rb ana - Ch amp aign . ▁In ▁ 1 9