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person_profile-Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Thomas A. Edison

Date of Birth:

Feb 11, 1847

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 18, 1931

Biography of

Thomas A. Edison

    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 light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory.

    Edison was raised in the American Midwest; early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanic laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida in collaboration with businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey that featured the world's first film studio, the Black Maria. He was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries. Edison married twice and fathered six children. He died in 1931 of the complications of diabetes.

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Thomas A. Edison

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Filmography of

Thomas A. Edison

Found 9 Movies in total

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Self (voice) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Extraordinary Voyage

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2011

Edison: The Invention of the Movies

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

Naqoyqatsi

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2002

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1995

The Crash of 1929

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1990

The Golden Twenties

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1950