1847-02-11 ( 178 years old ) in 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.
Movies
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019-10-25
Edison
2015-01-20
The Extraordinary Voyage
2011-12-08
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008-12-09
Edison: The Invention of the Movies
2005-01-01
Naqoyqatsi
2002-09-02
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998-01-01
The Crash of 1929
1990-11-19
The Golden Twenties
1950-04-08
Okay for Sound
1946-09-07
The Film That Was Lost
1942-10-31
A Day with Thomas A. Edison
1922-03-08
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