Thomas Alva Edison
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English: Thomas Alva Edison (February 11 1847 – October 18 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which 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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Edison poses with Henry Ford and nuturalist John Burroughs
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Edison with phonograph
