- Born
- February 11, 1847
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädiebrockhaus.de/ecs/julex/article/edison-thomas-alvaRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Edison, Thomas
- February 11, 1847
- Died
- October 18, 1931
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Sources- 1.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädiebrockhaus.de/ecs/julex/article/edison-thomas-alvaRetrieved 2017-10-09
- October 18, 1931
- Birthplace
- Place of death
- West Orange
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Sources- 1.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2017-02-27
- West Orange
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- engineer
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- , inventor
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Sources- 1.Stated in Archivio Storico Ricordi - digital collectionRetrieved 2020-12-03
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art ArchiveRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , entrepreneur
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- +5 more
- engineer
- Education
- Cooper Union(1875–1879)
- Employer
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- Awards
- Technical Grammy Award(2010)
- New Jersey Hall of Fame(2008)
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Sources- 1.“Thomas Edison”njhalloffame.org/hall-of-famers/2008-inductees/thomas-edison/Retrieved 2025-04-24
- Grammy Trustees Award(1977)
- National Inventors Hall of Fame(1973) award rationale: Electric Lamp [...] One of the outstanding geniuses in the history of technology, Thomas Edison earned patents for over a thousand inventions, including the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon transmitter and the motion picture projector. He also created the world's first industrial research laboratory. · for work: incandescent light bulb · subject has role: first winner
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Sources- 1.Stated in National Inventors Hall of Fame DbRetrieved 2025-11-30
- John Scott Award(1929)
- Congressional Gold Medal(1928)
- Navy Distinguished Service Medal(1920)
- Franklin Medal(1915)
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- John Fritz Medal(1908)
- Edward Longstreth Medal(1899)
- Rumford Prize(1895)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour(September 10, 1889)
- Benjamin Franklin Medal
- Albert Medal(1892) award rationale: in recognition of the merits of his numerous and valuable inventions, especially his improvements in telegraphy, in telephony, and in electric lighting, and for his discovery of a means of reproducing vocal sounds by the phonograph
- John Scott Award(1889)
- Matteucci Medal(1887)
- honorary doctor of Rutgers University
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- grand officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy(1889)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour(1881)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour(1879)
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Alva Edison
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-05
- male
- Archives at
- Rutgers University
- ETH Zurich University Archives inventory number: CH-001807-7:Hs 460
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Sources- 1.vls.hsa.ethz.ch/client/link/de/archiv/einheit/88fddf80f1b54a5abe5f4b71b4f6246aRetrieved 2025-01-15
- Birth name
- Thomas Alva Edison
- Name in native language
- Thomas Alva Edison
- Relative
- Lewis Miller kinship to subject: father-in-law
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