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Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution and early motion pictures. The merger of the Edison General Electric Company and the competitor Thomson-Houston Electric Company resulted in the formation of General Electric. Edison registered 1,093 patents in the United States.
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business · American inventor and businessman (1847–1931) · engineer · inventor · entrepreneur · physicist · mathematician · screenwriter · film director · film producer · also Thomas Edison, Edison
Born 11 February 1847 · Died 18 October 1931 · Q8743
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2026· 6 entries
“a stock of almost every conceivable material”
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Los Angeles Times: Man shot and killed by deputies after firing at Edison employees, authorities say
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ABC7 Los Angeles: Deputies shoot and kill armed suspect who allegedly fired at SoCal Edison crew in San Bernardino County
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Cape Coral Breeze: FDOT: Northbound lane closures tonight on Business U.S. 41 over the Edison Bridge
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Central New Jersey News: Edison mayor to help light Empire State Building for India Day
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Thomas Edison once said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."” Correct Attribution.
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2020· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A Black man invented the lightbulb, not “a white guy named Edison,” according to presidential candidate Joe Biden in September 2020.” Mostly False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.”” Mostly False.
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2016· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Thomas Edison’s mother lied about the contents of a letter from her son’s school informing her that the school had expelled him for “mental deficiencies.”” Mostly False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Thomas Edison’s mother lied about the contents of a letter from her son’s school informing her that the school had expelled him for “mental deficiencies.”” Mostly False.
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Technical Grammy Award (2010).
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2008).
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1984· 1 entry
Released album “The Edison CD Sampler™”.
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Trustees Award (1977).
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame for incandescent light bulb (1973).
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1931· 16 entries
For a minute at 9:59 pm Eastern Standard Time, millions of lights were turned off throughout the United States for a minute to pay tribute
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Died 1931-10-18.
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At Glenmont and was buried on the property
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“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
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“Mógł zasnąć wszędzie, w dowolnym czasie, na czymkolwiek. Widziałem go śpiącego na warsztacie z ramieniem zamiast poduszki; na krześle ze stopami na biurku; na łóżku polowym – zupełnie ubranego. Widziałem go śpiącego przez trzydzieści sześć godzin, tylko z jednogodzinną przerwą, w czasie której zjadł wielki befsztyk z ziemniakami i szarlotkę oraz wypalił cygaro; wiem też, że zasypiał na stojąco.”
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“Edison podchodził spacerowym krokiem i uprzejmie prosił któregoś z nas, aby pożyczył mu pół dolara na kolację. Gdy ktoś przypomniał mu, że tego właśnie dnia otrzymał swą dwutygodniową pensję, uśmiechał się i wyciągnąwszy spod pachy paczkę owiniętą w szary papier pokazywał cewkę Ruhmkorffa, kosztowną przekładnię ślimakową lub coś równie bezużytecznego…”
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“[Thomas Edison] says, "Inspiration is perspiration.”
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“Genius is inspiration, talent is perspiration”
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“Inspiration is perspiration”
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“No inspiration without perspiration”
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“X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms.”
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“Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.”
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“Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off. … All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.”
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“A não-violência leva-nos aos mais altos conceitos de ética, o objetivo de toda evolução. Até pararmos de prejudicar todos os outros seres do planeta, nós continuaremos selvagens.”
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“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
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“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
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1929· 1 entry
Awarded John Scott Award (1929).
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1928· 2 entries
Won Congressional Gold Medal (1928).
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Edison received the Congressional Gold Medal and Coolidge called into the ceremony via radio
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1926· 1 entry
At 79 years old, Edison handed over the presidency of Thomas A
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1921· 4 entries
Compared to 1920; from 1922 to 1926, radio sales went up by 843%
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Which involved restricting rubber supply in order to increase rubber prices
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Edison met Harding with the Firestone, Ford summer caravan
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In 1921, Edison met Harding with the Firestone, Ford summer caravan.
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1920· 1 entry
Won Navy Distinguished Service Medal (1920).
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1915· 3 entries
Won Franklin Medal (1915).
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The United States consumed 75% of the world's rubber but produced a negligible amount
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"Every woman in this country is going to have the vote
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1914· 1 entry
Edison fired Porter for unclear reasons
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1913· 1 entry
Movies used live actors and bands to add sound to the experience
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1908· 2 entries
Won John Fritz Medal (1908).
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Edison started the Motion Picture Patents Company, which was a conglomerate of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust)
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1904· 1 entry
Edison was worried about losing the patent fight and personally petitioned president Theodore Roosevelt to step in
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1903· 2 entries
The owners of Luna Park, Coney Island, announced they would execute Topsy the elephant
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A shaken Edison said: "Don't talk to me about X-rays, I am afraid of them
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1901· 2 entries
Edison sought to parlay his cement business by starting a cheap housing development initiative
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And founded the Edison Storage Battery Company
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1900· 1 entry
This phonograph was sold for $10, and buyers could additionally select from the 3,000 different musical records produced by Edison's 1,000 employees in the phonograph works
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1899· 4 entries
Won Edward Longstreth Medal (1899).
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Established the Edison Portland Cement Company
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Edison began research for a more efficient rechargeable battery to power electric cars
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And caused scandal for himself and the senior Edison
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1898· 1 entry
“Genius is three per cent. inspiration and ninety-seven per cent. perspiration”
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1896· 2 entries
While working for the Edison Illuminating Company
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Following their discovery by Wilhelm Röntgen
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1895· 1 entry
Awarded Rumford Prize (1895).
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1893· 1 entry
The United States was in a severe recession
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1892· 1 entry
Won Albert Medal (1892).
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1891· 1 entry
Edison built a Kinetoscope or peep-hole viewer
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1890· 1 entry
Told president Henry Villard he thought it was time to retire from the lighting business
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1889· 3 entries
Awarded grand officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1889).
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Awarded John Scott Award (1889).
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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1889).
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1888· 1 entry
Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson began trying to make a camera "to do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear"
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1887· 3 entries
Won Matteucci Medal (1887).
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Began to support the development of an electric chair powered by Westinghouse AC in an attempt to smear the AC industry
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The Edison Phonograph Company was founded to compete with Bell
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1886· 3 entries
At the age of 39, Edison married the 20-year-old Mina Miller (1865–1947) in Akron, Ohio
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In Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey
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Edison struck out personally against his competitor stating, Just as certain as death, Westinghouse will kill a customer within six months after he puts in a system of any size
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1885· 3 entries
Edison bought 13 acres of property in Fort Myers, Florida, for roughly $2,750 (equivalent to $98,542 in 2025) and built what was later called Seminole Lodge as a winter retreat
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While working on a project with Ezra in Boston
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But their flirting was dampened by the religious nature of the gathering
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1883· 1 entry
The US patent office ruled that Edison's patented filament improvement process was based on William E
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1882· 2 entries
In Pearl Street, New York City, his 600 kW cogeneration steam-powered generating station, Pearl Street Station's, electrical power distribution system was switched on, providing 110 volts direct current (DC)
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Edison turned on the electrical lighting system to supply the company's 946 customers in Manhattan
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1881· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1881).
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1880· 1 entry
Founded the Edison Illuminating Company, and during the 1880s, he patented a system for electricity distribution
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1879· 4 entries
Edison was determined to create an electric utility to compete with the existing gas light utilities
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1879).
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Studied at Cooper Union (1875–1879).
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To demonstrate the phonograph, and met Benjamin Harrison in 1890
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1878· 3 entries
Did little to develop it commercially until Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and Charles Tainter produced a phonograph-like device in the 1880s that used wax-coated cardboard cylinders
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Edison began working on a system of electrical illumination that he could deploy in a large-scale commercial utility, something he hoped could compete with gas and oil-based lighting
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Edison began working on an electrical lighting system which he hoped would replace the common gas lamp
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1877· 1 entry
Edison and his backers at Western Union wanted to compete with Alexander Graham Bell on telephone technology
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1876· 2 entries
A part of Raritan Township (now named Edison Township in his honor) with the funds from the sale of Edison's quadruplex telegraph
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Edison began work to improve the microphone for telephones by developing a carbon microphone, which consists of two metal plates separated by granules of carbon that would change resistance with the pressure of sound wav
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1874· 1 entry
Received $30,000 ($853,676 in 2025) for inventing the quadruplex telegraph: the first telegraph that could simultaneously transmit four messages through a single wire
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1871· 1 entry
At the age of 24, Edison married 16-year-old Mary Stilwell (1855–1884), whom he had met two months earlier; she was an employee at one of his shops
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1847· 2 entries
Born 1847-02-11.
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In Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854
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