Thomas Edison
11 February 1847 – 18 October 1931
American inventor and businessman who held over a thousand patents, including the phonograph and a practical incandescent lamp. His Menlo Park laboratory pioneered industrial research and development.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Thomas Edison.
- John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) Overlapped 84 years →
- Annie Besant (1847–1933) Overlapped 84 years →
- Ilya Repin (1844–1930) Overlapped 83 years →
- Kate Sheppard (1848–1934) Overlapped 83 years →
- Karl Benz (1844–1929) Overlapped 82 years →
- Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929) Overlapped 82 years →
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Opened his research laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey
1876
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Gave the first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
31 December 1879
The demonstration took place at Menlo Park on New Year's Eve.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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