<Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Creation of home security systems </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Albert Brown </Td> </Tr> <P> Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922--February 2, 1999) was an African - American inventor, becoming the originator of the home security system (U.S. Patent 3,482,037) in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown, a patent was granted in 1969 . Brown was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York; she died there at the age of 76 . </P> <P> Marie Van Brittan Brown's father was born in Massachusetts and her mother's roots originated from Pennsylvania . Brown and her husband lived at 151 - 158 & 135th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York . She worked as a nurse and her husband was an electronics technician, so they did not always normal hours or simultaneously work . Marie and Albert Brown had two children . Their daughter Norma followed in her mother's footsteps and became a nurse as well as creator of her own inventions . </P>

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