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Thomas Edison (Q8743)

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American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
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Thomas Edison
  • Thomas Alva Edison
  • Thomas A. Edison
  • Edison
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Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

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    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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    imported from Wikimedia project
    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
    2 references
    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
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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
    2 references
    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
    1 reference
    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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    Babelio author ID
    345045
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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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    Golden ID
    Thomas_Edison-39DRA
    1 reference
    stated in
    Golden
    retrieved
    10 September 2022
    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
    0 references
    259952
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    613888
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    NE.se ID
    thomas-a-edison
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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
    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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    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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