- Thomas Edison - Wikipedia
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, sound recording, and motion pictures
- Thomas Edison | Biography, Early Life, Inventions, Facts | Britannica
Thomas Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio, U S —died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey) was an American inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world-record 1,093 patents In addition, he created the world’s first industrial research laboratory
- Edison Biography - Thomas Edison National Historical Park (U. S . . .
To better manage operations, Edison brought all the companies he had started to make his inventions together into one corporation, Thomas A Edison Incorporated, with Edison as president and chairman
- Life of Thomas Alva Edison | Biography | Articles and Essays . . .
One of the most famous and prolific inventors of all time, Thomas Alva Edison exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, contributing inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone
- Thomas Edison: Facts, House Inventions - HISTORY
Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor and savvy businessman who acquired a record number of 1,093 patents (singly or jointly) and was the driving force behind such innovations as the phonograph,
- Detailed Biography - edison. rutgers. edu
Thomas Edison did not invent the modern world He was, however, present at the creation, a significant figure in the organization and growth of America's national markets, communications and power systems, and entertainment industries
- Who Made America? | Innovators | Thomas Edison - PBS
Over his career, Edison would successfully patent a record 1,093 inventions in the United States -- more than double the number of his closest competitor, George Westinghouse Edison invented
- Thomas Edison - New World Encyclopedia
Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and can therefore be credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory
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