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Summary
Thomas Edison was born in Milan[1]. He died in West Orange[2]. He worked as an engineer[3], inventor[4], entrepreneur[5], physicist[6], and mathematician[7]. He ranks in the top 0.27% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55,430 views/month, #2,653 of 1,000,298).[8]
Key Facts
Place of burial: Thomas Edison National Historical Park[9]
Child: Charles Edison[14], Theodore Miller Edison[15], Thomas Alva Edison Jr.[16], Marion Estelle Edison Oeser[17], Madeleine Edison[18], William Leslie Edison[19]
Award received: Congressional Gold Medal[36], Commander of the Legion of Honour[37], Grammy Trustees Award[38], Benjamin Franklin Medal[39], Matteucci Medal[40], Rumford Prize[41], John Scott Award[42], Franklin Medal[43], National Inventors Hall of Fame[44], Navy Distinguished Service Medal[45], Albert Medal[46], Edward Longstreth Medal[47], Technical Grammy Award[48], John Fritz Medal[49]
Member of: National Academy of Sciences[50], Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences[51], American Philosophical Society[52], Academy of Sciences of the USSR[53]
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Things named for Thomas Edison include Pelé[62], Edison[63], Edison screw[64], Thomas Edison State University[65], Thomas Edison National Historical Park[66], Edison Medal[67], Edison Music Awards[68], and Edison-Lalande cell[69].
Why It Matters
Thomas Edison has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] He is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]
He is credited with the discovery of incandescent light bulb[72], an invention[73]; phonograph[74], an invention[75]; kinetoscope[76]; phonograph cylinder[77]; movie camera[78]; and Edison's Phonograph Doll[79]. Entities named for him include Pelé[62], Edison[63], Edison screw[64], Thomas Edison State University[65], Thomas Edison National Historical Park[66], and Edison Medal[67].
Honors received include Congressional Gold Medal[36], Commander of the Legion of Honour[37], Grammy Trustees Award[38], and Benjamin Franklin Medal[39].
What did Thomas Edison discover?
Thomas Edison is credited as discoverer of incandescent light bulb[72], phonograph[74], kinetoscope[76], and phonograph cylinder[77].
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