Thomas Edison

n. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), United States inventor, inventor of the electric light bulb

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11 1847 –  October 18 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.
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n. Thomas Edison, (1847-1931), American inventor

Noun
1. United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
(synonym) Edison, Thomas Alva Edison
(hypernym) inventor, discoverer, artificer