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.

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Thomas Edison 106
Thomas Alva Edison canonical 30
Thomas A. Edison 7

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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 Thomas Alva Edison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
placeOfBirth Milan, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath West Orange, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
religion Deist (commonly described) ⓘ
residence West Orange, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: 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, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: West Orange Laboratory, New Jersey, United States

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Edison Medal → namedAfter → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
American Institute of Electrical Engineers → notableMember → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Thomas Alva Edison → familyName → Thomas Alva Edison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Naval Research Laboratory → founder → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Milan, Ohio, United States → hasNotablePersonBornHere → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, New Jersey, United States → namedAfter → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
subject surface form: Edison National Historic Site
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Edison General Electric Company → foundedBy → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Edison General Electric Company → namedAfter → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Edison General Electric Company → keyPerson → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Western Union (early career as telegraph operator) → employedPerson → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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West Orange, New Jersey, United States → hasHistoricAssociationWith → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
subject surface form: West Orange, New Jersey
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Edison cylinder phonograph → inventor → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Edison cylinder phonograph → developer → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Edison cylinder phonograph → firstDemonstratedBy → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Edison Illuminating Company → foundedBy → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Edison Illuminating Company → namedAfter → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Edison Illuminating Company → hasKeyPerson → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Kinetoscope → inventor → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Kinetoscope → patentFiledBy → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Motion Picture Patents Company → keyFigure → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States → founder → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
subject surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
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Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States → operator → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
subject surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
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Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States → notableInventor → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
subject surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
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Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States → employer → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
subject surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
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Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States → owner → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
subject surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
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Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States → category → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Arthur E. Kennelly → employer → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Arthur E. Kennelly → influencedBy → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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General Electric → foundedBy → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Port Huron, Michigan, United States → famousResident → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
subject surface form: Port Huron, Michigan
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Michael Faraday → influenced → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Continental Edison Company → associatedWith → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Continental Edison Company → notablePersonAssociated → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Alva → isMiddleNameOf → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Alva → isPartOfFullName → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Alva → notableBearer → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Edison Machine Works → foundedBy → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Edison Machine Works → notablePerson → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Edison Manufacturing Company → founder → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Edison Manufacturing Company → namedAfter → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Edison Manufacturing Company → keyPerson → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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The Wizard of Menlo Park → refersTo → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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The Wizard of Menlo Park → appliesTo → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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The Wizard of Menlo Park → category → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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John Scott Medal → notableRecipient → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
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Mary Stilwell → spouse → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Mary Stilwell → child → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Alva Edison Jr.
Mary Stilwell → child → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Leslie Edison
Mary Stilwell → spouseName → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
Mary Stilwell → lifePartner → Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ