Elihu Thomson

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electrical engineer inventor person physicist

Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electrical engineer → inventor → person → physicist →
awardReceived	Elliott Cresson Medal → Franklin Medal → Rumford Medal →
citizenship	United States of America →
contributedTo	formation of General Electric through merger of Thomson-Houston with Edison General Electric →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1853-03-29 →
dateOfDeath	1937-03-13 →
educatedAt	Central High School, Philadelphia →
employer	General Electric Company → Thomson-Houston Electric Company →
familyName	Thomson →
fieldOfWork	electrical engineering → physics →
fullName	Elihu Thomson →
givenName	Elihu →
honoraryDegree	Harvard University → University of Pennsylvania → Yale University →
industryImpact	helped shape the early electrical industry in the United States →
knownFor	development of alternating current power systems → electric lighting technology → electrical power distribution systems → founding Thomson-Houston Electric Company → role in formation of General Electric Company →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
notableInvention	alternating current generators → arc-lighting systems → electric welding process → transformers →
notableWork	development of polyphase AC power systems →
numberOfPatents	over 700 →
occupation	academic → electrical engineer → inventor →
placeOfBirth	Manchester, England →
placeOfDeath	Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	chief engineer at Thomson-Houston Electric Company → consulting engineer at General Electric Company →
residence	Lynn, Massachusetts, United States → Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States →
taughtAt	Central High School, Philadelphia →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
General Electric →	foundedBy
Elihu Thomson →	fullName
American Institute of Electrical Engineers →	notableMember