Thomas A. Edison
Production · Born 1847-02-11 · age 84 at death · Milan, Ohio, USA
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.
Titles
Frankenstein
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Blacksmithing Scene
Electrocuting an Elephant
Annie Oakley
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Sioux Ghost Dance
Pan-American Exposition by Night
President McKinley Taking the Oath
Imperial Japanese Dance
A Trip to Mars
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Skyscrapers of New York City, from the North River
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2
American Falls from Above, American Side
Pillow Fight
The Trick Cyclist
Cock Fight
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
Capsize of Lifeboat
Little Mischief
Admiral Cigarette
Launch of Life Boat
2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation
General Lee's Procession, Havana
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
Chicago-Michigan Football Game
Okay for Sound
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
New York Police Parade, June 1st, 1899
Indian War Council
Nursery Favorites
A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem
Cutting and Canaling Ice
The Passion Play of Oberammergau
Arrival of the Governor General, Lord Minto, at Quebec
Skiing Scene in Quebec
Parsifal
Jack's Joke
East Side Drive, No. 1
Starting for the Fire
American Falls, from Incline R.R.
Rescue - Resuscitation
Launch of Surf Boat
Alciede Capitane
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
Lucia di Lammermoor
Julius Caesar
A Minstrel Show
Her Redemption
Early Edison Camera Tests
The Comet
Guests at the Presentation of Kodacolor at the Home of Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y.
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
The Edison Kinetophone
The Musical Blacksmiths
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)