Thomas Edison

imprenditore e inventore statunitense (1847-1931)

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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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Lifespan: 1847–1931
Nationality: US
Role / Field: Scientists, Motion picture producers and directors, Inventors, Inventor, Businesspeople, Science
Language: eng
Gender: Male

Recorded by 33 libraries

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Alva
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Milan
Place of death: West Orange
Occupation: film producer
Educated at: Cooper Union
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: deism
Notable work: phonograph
Field of work: screenwriting
Image: Thomas Edison2-crop.jpg

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Commons category: Thomas Edison
date of birth: 1847-02-11
date of death: 1931-10-18
topic's main category: Category:Thomas Edison
member of: Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Commons Creator page: Thomas Alva Edison
Commons gallery: Thomas Alva Edison
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physics
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
owner of: Edison Records
different from: Thomas Addison
birth name: Thomas Alva Edison
cause of death: type 2 diabetes
name in native language: Thomas Alva Edison
place of burial: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
ethnic group: Americans
manner of death: natural causes
writing language: English language
start of work period: 1877-00-00
relative: Lewis Miller

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Article · Italiano

Thomas Alva Edison (Milan, 11 febbraio 1847 – West Orange, 18 ottobre 1931) è stato un inventore e imprenditore statunitense. Fu il primo imprenditore che seppe applicare i principi della produzione di massa al processo dell'invenzione. Era considerato uno dei più prolifici progettisti del suo tempo, avendo ottenuto il record di 1 093 brevetti registrati a suo nome, in tutto il mondo, inclusi Stati Uniti, Italia, Regno Unito, Francia e Germania. Diede origine alla Motion Picture Patents Company (più nota come Edison Trust), compagnia formata dall'unione delle nove maggiori case di produzione cinematografiche dell'epoca. La rivista statunitense Life, in un'edizione speciale doppia, mise Edison al primo posto tra le "100 persone più importanti negli ultimi 1000 anni", evidenziando che la sua lampada a incandescenza "illumina il mondo". Sebbene altri, e Alessandro Cruto nel 1880, l'avessero preceduto con minor successo, fu Edison che riuscì a commercializzare e diffondere la sua versione della lampada a incandescenza. Edison fu anche protagonista della cosiddetta guerra delle correnti per il controllo del mercato mondiale dell'energia elettrica, che lo oppose a George Westinghouse e Nikola Tesla.

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