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Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

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Thomas Edison

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media legend
Thomas Edison vers 1922. (French)
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Thomas Edison vers 1922. (French)
Томас Алва Эдысан, партрэт у тры чвэрці, сядзіць, тварам наперад. Фотадрук. (Belarusian)
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Thai Wikipedia
Wikimedia import URL
https://th.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ทอมัส_เอดิสัน&oldid=9166361
name in native language
Thomas Edison (English)
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Thomas Alva Edison (English)
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‎Biography.com ID
people/thomas-edison-9284349
retrieved
19 July 2018
birth name
Thomas Alva Edison (English)
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native language
English
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writing language
English
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employer
General Electric
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Continental Edison
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notable work
phonograph
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owner of
Edison Studios
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Edison Records
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award received
Matteucci Medal
point in time
1887
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Franklin Medal
point in time
1915
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National Inventors Hall of Fame
point in time
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. (English)
for work
incandescent light bulb
subject has role
first winner
has characteristic
posthumous recognition
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National Inventors Hall of Fame ID
thomas-alva-edison
stated in
National Inventors Hall of Fame Db
retrieved
30 November 2025
based on heuristic
inferred from statements
inferred from
English Wikipedia
Wikimedia import URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame_inductees&oldid=1307384846#Inductees
quotation
Inductees | [...] | Year Inductee [...] | 1973 Thomas Edison [...] | 1974 John Bardeen* [...] (English)
Albert Medal
point in time
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 (English)
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reference URL
https://www.thersa.org/about/albert-medal/past-winners
plaque image
Plaque Edison Monument.jpg
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Commons gallery
Thomas Alva Edison
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Commons Creator page
Thomas Alva Edison
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Commons category
Thomas Edison
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Identifiers

ISNI
0000000121373760
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Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/44809
subject named as
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
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VIAF cluster ID
66552944
stated in
Virtual International Authority File
retrieved
16 July 2020
retrieved
8 June 2026
FAST ID
61561
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SBN author ID
SBLV282184
subject named as
Edison, Thomas Alva
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Medvik ID
jn20000700470
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Libris-URI
sq46649b16hj3md
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stated in
LIBRIS
publication date
18 September 2012
retrieved
24 August 2018
CONOR.SI ID
103012451
subject named as
Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1921
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IdRef ID
067719627
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abART person ID
38097
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Academic Tree ID
4212
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ACMI ID
creators/54046
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Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151059511
subject named as
Thomas Alva Edison | Edison | Thomas Edison
scope note
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) (English)
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Babelio author ID
345045
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BabelNet ID
00029766n
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Bridgeman artist ID
29772
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Bugs! artist ID
8049482
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CCAB ID
000094741
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Comic Vine ID
4005-20002
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DAHR artist ID
102920
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De Agostini ID
Edison,+Thomas+Alva
subject named as
Edison, Thomas Alva
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‎Deník tag ID
39183
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Thomas-Edison
subject named as
Thomas Edison
author name string
Robert E. Conot
Matthew Josephson
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GTAA ID
96032
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Harper's tag
thomas-a-thomas-alva-edison
subject named as
Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) Edison
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ISFDB author ID
246822
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Kallías ID
PE00445099
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Kinobox person ID
83366
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Léonore Web ID
132711
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Lex ID
Thomas_Alva_Edison
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Monoskop article ID
11204
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MR Author ID
1197676
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MYmovies person ID
140511
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National Virtual Library of India ID
1292411
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259952
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613888
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NE.se ID
thomas-a-edison
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NLA Trove people ID
814017
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872807
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NLP ID
a0000001228408
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Open Library ID
OL354984A
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openMLOL author ID
37881
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Parsifal cluster ID
626254
subject named as
Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931
1 reference
retrieved
1 May 2026
Sinemalar person ID
99226
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SNAC ARK ID
w66z0150
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w6cz36st
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SNK ID
163741
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Te Papa agent ID
48812
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Vienna History Wiki ID
41259
subject named as
Thomas Alva Edison
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WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10969184-n
subject named as
Thomas Alva Edison, Edison, Thomas Edison
scope note
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) (English)
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Zhihu topic ID
19651059
subject named as
爱迪生（Thomas Edison）
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WikiTree person ID
Edison-1
subject named as
Thomas Alva Edison (11 Feb 1847 - 18 Oct 1931)
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