Thomas Alva Edison

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American businessperson entrepreneur human inventor

Thomas Alva Edison was a pioneering American inventor and businessman best known for developing the practical incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.

Aliases (6)

Thomas Edison ×71
Thomas A. Edison ×2
Edison ×1
Thomas Alva Edison Jr. ×1
Thomas Edison (historical period) ×1
William Leslie Edison ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → businessperson → entrepreneur → human → inventor →
awardReceived	Congressional Gold Medal → John Scott Medal →
burialPlace	Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, New Jersey, United States →
causeOfDeath	complications from diabetes →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1847-02-11 →
dateOfDeath	1931-10-18 →
employer	Western Union (early career as telegraph operator) →
familyName	Edison →
fieldOfWork	electric power → electrical engineering → motion pictures → sound recording → telecommunications →
founded	Edison General Electric Company → Edison Illuminating Company → Edison Manufacturing Company → Motion Picture Patents Company →
givenName	Thomas →
heritage	of Dutch descent →
knownFor	developing a practical incandescent light bulb → developing early motion picture technology → developing the phonograph → establishing one of the first industrial research laboratories →
languageSpoken	English →
middleName	Alva →
nickName	The Wizard of Menlo Park →
notableWork	Edison cylinder phonograph → Kinetoscope → carbon microphone → electric power distribution system → motion picture camera → phonograph → practical incandescent light bulb → stock ticker improvements →
numberOfPatents	over 1,000 U.S. patents →
occupation	businessperson → industrialist → inventor →
patentIn	France → Germany → United Kingdom → United States →
placeOfBirth	Milan, Ohio, United States →
placeOfDeath	West Orange, New Jersey, United States →
religion	Deist (commonly described) →
residence	Menlo Park, New Jersey, United States → Milan, Ohio, United States → Port Huron, Michigan, United States → West Orange, New Jersey, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Mary Stilwell → Mina Miller →
workLocation	Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States → West Orange Laboratory, New Jersey, United States →

Referenced by (96)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edison ("Thomas Edison") → Edison General Electric Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Illuminating Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Manufacturing Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Medal → Edison National Historic Site ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Phonograph Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Township ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Trust ("Thomas Edison") → Edison, New Jersey ("Thomas Edison") → Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ("Thomas Edison") → Thomas Edison National Historical Park ("Thomas Edison") → West Orange Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") →	namedAfter
Edison Electric Light Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Manufacturing Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Phonograph Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Studios ("Thomas Edison") → Menlo Park Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") → Naval Research Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") → Science ("Thomas Edison") → Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ("Thomas Edison") →	founder
Edison General Electric Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Illuminating Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Machine Works ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Trust ("Thomas Edison") → General Electric ("Thomas Edison") → Motion Picture Patents Company ("Thomas Edison") →	foundedBy
Continental Edison Company ("Thomas Edison") → General Film Company ("Thomas Edison") → Mary Stilwell → Menlo Park, New Jersey → Milan Historic District → Mina Miller ("Thomas Edison") →	associatedWith
Edison Illuminating Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Phonograph Company ("Thomas Edison") → Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ("Thomas Edison") →	hasKeyPerson
Edison cylinder phonograph → Kinetograph ("Thomas Edison") → Kinetoscope ("Thomas Edison") →	inventor
Edison Electric Light Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison General Electric Company ("Thomas Edison") → Edison Manufacturing Company ("Thomas Edison") →	keyPerson
John Fritz Medal → John Scott Medal ("Thomas Edison") → Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal ("Thomas Edison") →	notableRecipient
Menlo Park Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") → The Wizard of Menlo Park ("Thomas Edison") →	category
Mary Stilwell ("Thomas Alva Edison Jr.") → Mary Stilwell ("William Leslie Edison") →	child
Edison cylinder phonograph → Kinetograph ("Thomas Edison") →	developer
Arthur E. Kennelly ("Thomas A. Edison") → Menlo Park Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") →	employer
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ("Thomas Edison") → West Orange Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") →	ownedBy
Edison Laboratory ("Thomas Edison (historical period)") → Menlo Park Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") →	owner
Mary Stilwell → Mina Miller ("Thomas Edison") →	spouse
The Wizard of Menlo Park ("Thomas Edison") →	appliesTo
Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum →	dedicatedTo
Western Union ("Thomas Edison") →	employedPerson
Thomas Alva Edison ("Edison") →	familyName
Port Huron, Michigan ("Thomas Edison") →	famousResident
Edison cylinder phonograph →	firstDemonstratedBy
Glenmont →	formerOwner
Glenmont →	formerResident
Huron County, Ohio ("Thomas Edison") →	hasBirthplaceOf
Edison ("Thomas Edison") →	hasHistoricalAssociationWith
West Orange, New Jersey ("Thomas Edison") →	hasHistoricAssociationWith
Edison Electric Light Company ("Thomas Edison") →	hasInventor
New Jersey Hall of Fame ("Thomas Edison") →	hasNotableInductee
Milan, Ohio →	hasNotablePerson
Milan, Ohio, United States →	hasNotablePersonBornHere
Michael Faraday ("Thomas Edison") →	influenced
Arthur E. Kennelly ("Thomas A. Edison") →	influencedBy
Alva →	isMiddleNameOf
Alva →	isPartOfFullName
Motion Picture Patents Company ("Thomas Edison") →	keyFigure
Mary Stilwell →	lifePartner
Vitascope ("Thomas Edison") →	marketedBy
Alva →	notableBearer
Menlo Park Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") →	notableInventor
American Institute of Electrical Engineers ("Thomas Edison") →	notableMember
Edison Machine Works ("Thomas Edison") →	notablePerson
Continental Edison Company ("Thomas Edison") →	notablePersonAssociated
Menlo Park Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") →	operator
Kinetoscope ("Thomas Edison") →	patentFiledBy
West Orange Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") →	primaryResearchCenterOf
The Wizard of Menlo Park ("Thomas Edison") →	refersTo
Edison, New Jersey ("Thomas Edison") →	renamedInHonorOf
West Orange Laboratory ("Thomas Edison") →	significantPerson
Mary Stilwell →	spouseName
Edison Electric Light Company ("Thomas Edison") →	usedPatentPortfolioOf
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson ("Thomas Edison") →	workedWith