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Thomas A. Edison

Name in Native Language: "Thomas Edison" (English/EN)
Engineer / Mathematician / Screenwriter / Businessperson / Film Director / Physicist | * 02/11/1847 († 84, 10/18/1931) | Milan, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
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, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was raised in the American Midwest. Early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanical laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida, in collaboration with businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey S. Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, that featured the world's first film studio, the Black Maria. With 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries, Edison is regarded as the most prolific inventor in America... ()
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Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory.Edison was raised in the American Midwest; early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanic laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida in collaboration with businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey that featured the world's first film studio, the Black Maria. He was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries. Edison married twice and fathered six children. He died in 1931 of the complications of diabetes.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Comedies | History

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Awards & Nominations for Thomas A. Edison

Commander of The Legion of Honour Grammy Trustees Award Franklin Institute Awards Matteucci Medal Rumford Prize John Scott Medal New Jersey Hall of Fame Franklin Medal Congressional Gold Medal National Inventors Hall of Fame Navy Distinguished Service Medal Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts) Edward Longstreth Medal Technical Grammy Award John Fritz Medal Honorary Doctor of Rutgers University Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Knight of The Legion of Honour Officer of The Legion of Honour Grand Officer of The Order of The Crown of Italy Nobel Prize in Physics
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Movies with Thomas A. Edison as Actor(11)

as Self (archive footage)2019 The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
as Himself (archive footage)2015 American Experience: Edison
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2011 The Extraordinary Voyage
as HImself (archival footage) (uncredited)2008 Murnau, Borzage and Fox
as Himself (archive footage)2005 Edison: The Invention of the Movies
as (archive footage)1995 The Shadow of Hate
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)1982 Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
as Himself (archive footage)1950 The Golden Twenties

TV Shows/Series with Thomas A. Edison as Actor(2)

as Self (archive footage)2020 History 101
as Self (archive footage)1978 Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Movies with Thomas A. Edison as Crew(11)

Production/Producer1914 The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Production/Producer1913 Jack's Joke
Production/Producer1910 Frankenstein
Production/Producer1904 Parsifal
Directing/Director1903 Chicago-Michigan Football Game
Directing/Director1901 President McKinley Taking the Oath
Directing/Director1901 The Trick Cyclist
Directing/Director1899 Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2

Full Name: Thomas Alva Edison
Born: Thursday, 02/11 1847 (February) in Milan, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 10/18 1931 (October) in West Orange (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Cooper Union
Employer: General Electric, Continental Edison
Member of: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Russian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Naval Advisory Board of Inventions
Spouses (current/former): Mary Stilwell Edison, Mina Miller
Children: Charles Edison, Theodore Miller Edison, Thomas Alva Edison Jr., Marion Estelle Edison Oeser, Madeleine Edison, William Leslie Edison
Siblings: Carlisle Snow Edison
Father: Samuel Ogden Edison
Mother: Nancy Elliott
Related to: Lewis Miller
Other names for Thomas A. Edison (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Thomas Alva Edison"
"Thomas Edison"
"The Wizard of Menlo Park"
Thomas A. Edison frequently works together with these people:
Serge Bromberg (5x, Crew)
Edwin S. Porter (4x, Crew)
Alex Gibney (4x, Crew)
Eric Lange (3x, Crew)
Lisa Van Eyssen (3x, Crew)
L. Frank Baum (3x, Crew)
Charles Ogle (2x, Actor)
Charles Musser (2x, Actor)
William Heise (2x, Crew)
John Barrymore (2x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:223739, Added: 07/31/2018, Last updated: 03/20/2024