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Thomas Alva Edison 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.
Birth Name
Thomas Alva Edison
Born
Thursday, 11 February 1847
Died
Sunday, 18 October 1931
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| Cunk on Earth | Self - Inventor | 2022 |
| Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey | Self | 2022 |
| Man vs. History | Self - Inventor | 2021 |
| Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | Self | 2019 |
| The UnXplained | Self | 2019 |
| The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Beyond the Unknown | Self | 2019 |
| America in Color | Self | 2017 |
| Dawson City: Frozen Time | Self | 2017 |
| Abandoned Engineering | Self - Scientist and Inventor | 2017 |
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