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Thomas Alva Edison was an American engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and businessperson. He was educated at Cooper Union and worked for General Electric. His notable works include the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph. He owned Edison Studios and Edison Records.
Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847 and died in West Orange in 1931 from type 2 diabetes. He held deist beliefs. He received the Congressional Gold Medal, the Commander of the Legion of Honour, the Grammy Trustees Award, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. His archives are held at Rutgers University. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection, the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection, and the Congressional Gold Medal collection.
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Milan, Ohio, USA
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…
Known for
- History 101 — Self (archive footage)2020
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound — Self (voice) (archive footage)2019
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley — Self (archive footage)2019
- Edison — Himself (archive footage)2015
- The Extraordinary Voyage — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2011
- Murnau, Borzage and Fox — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2008
- Edison: The Invention of the Movies — Himself (archive footage)2005
- Naqoyqatsi — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2002
- Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists — Self (archive footage)1998
- The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America — Self (archive footage)1995
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- 1847–1931
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- United States
- Place of birth
- Milan
- Place of death
- West Orange
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Cooper Union
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- English language
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- English language
- Religion
- deism
- Notable work
- phonograph
- Field of work
- screenwriting
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- birth name
- Thomas Alva Edison
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- Thomas Edison National Historical Park
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