Thomas Edison

Being one of the most influential and prolific inventors in the history of science and considered as Godfather of industry, an American inventor Thomas Alva Edison created a numerous innovations such as the electric light bulb and the phonograph, most of which greatly influenced life around the world. As a savvy businessman, he held a record over 1000 patents covering key innovations and minor improvements in wide range of fields. For his contributions to industry, he was honored with lots of awards including Technical Grammy Award in 2010, Congressional Gold Medal in 1928, etc.

Thomas Edison was the youngest children of seven siblings to Samuel and Nancy Edison, born in Milan Ohio. He was extremely interested in reading books on a wide range of subjects, which created a foundation to serve him throughout his life. In his early career, he started publishing his own small newspaper, called the Grand Trunk Herald and first conducted chemical experiments in a small laboratory. At the age of 15, he learned to work as a telegraph operator and gradually became familiar with electrical science.

After ending his first marriage with 16-year-old Mary Stilwell and having 3 children in 1884 after 13 years together due to Mary’s death, Thomas Edison got married the 20-year-old Mina Miller in 1986. They also had 3 children together.

1868-10-11 Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine
1876-8-8 Thomas Edison patents mimeograph
1877-8-12 Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device
1877-11-29 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time
1877-12-6 First recording made of the human voce - Thomas Edison reciting "Mary had a little lamb"
1877-12-7 Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph (gramophone) to the editors of "Scientific American"
1877-12-15 Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1878-2-19 Thomas Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph)
1879-10-22 Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb
1880-1-27 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
1882-9-4 1st large-scale test of Thomas Edison's light bulb - lighting of NY's Pearl Street Station
1882-12-22 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
1883-1-19 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1888-10-17 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
1889-10-6 Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture
1891-5-20 History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
1891-8-24 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
1892-7-11 US Patent Office says J W Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp
1893-2-1 Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)
1894-4-14 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1897-8-31 Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
1902-3-10 A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera.
1903-1-4 Topsy, an elephant, electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the "War of Currents" campaign.
1915-5-24 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations
1931-1-6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.

Inventor Thomas Edison were born on Thursday, birthstone is Amethyst, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of , it is 37 days until Thomas Edison next birthday.

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