[DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison - Inventor - Biography.com [PAR] Feb 5, 2016 ... AKA: Thomas Edison; Full Name: Thomas Alva Edison. Synopsis ... phonograph. 
A savvy businessman, he held more than 1,000 patents for his inventions. ... He 
died on October 18, 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. ... By age 15, he had 
learned enough to be employed as a telegraph operator. For the... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison - Wikipedia [PAR] Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847  October 18, 1931) was an American 
inventor and ... Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his 
name, as well as ... More significant than the number of Edison's patents was the 
widespread .... Edison became known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park," New 
Jersey. [DOC] [TLE] Edison Biography - Thomas Edison National Historical Park (U.S. ... [PAR] Edison lived here until he struck out on his own at the age of sixteen. ... Edison 
began working at an early age, as most boys did at the time. ... to West Orange, 
New Jersey where Edison had purchased an estate, Glenmont, for his bride. ... 
changing needs as he continued to work in this complex until his death in 1931. [DOC] [TLE] Edison Biography - Thomas Edison [PAR] Thomas Edison was more responsible than any one else for creating the ... 
Unfortunately, this experience had some negative affects on the highly 
impressionable boy. ... Returning to the story of his youth, by age 12, Tom had 
already become an "adult. ..... Thomas Edison died At 9 P.M. On Oct. 18th, 1931 
in New Jersey. [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Alva Edison Biography (1847-1931) [PAR] During his lifetime, Thomas Edison patented more than 1,000 inventions--a ... 
son from certain death before an oncoming train in 1862, the boy's grateful father 
offered ... He married Mary Stilwell, who had assisted him with the invention of 
paraffin ... New Jersey in 1876, where he set up a huge industrial research 
laboratory,... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison's Inventive Life | Lemelson Center for the Study of ... [PAR] Apr 18, 2004 ... Edison was an inquisitive boy who began experimenting at an early age. ... At 16, 
Edison had found a new career as a telegraph operator. ... Edison patented his 
first invention, an electric vote recorder, in 1869. ... This was a way of sending 
more than one message in one direction over a single wire--in this... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison, Chemist - American Chemical Society [PAR] With more than 1,000 patents and inventions that inspired people throughout the 
nation, ... Like many scientifically-minded boys of his era, Edison took a special ... 
in 1876 he was able to establish his own laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey. 
..... When Edison died in 1931 the rubber project continued for five years until it... [DOC] [TLE] Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) - The Worlds of David Darling [PAR] By 1879 he had produced the carbon-filament bulb and electric lighting became 
a ... Moving his laboratories to West Orange, New Jersey, in 1887 he set about 
devising a ... His success was probably more due to perseverance than any 
special insight; ... As a boy, he was frail, his health always giving cause for 
anxiety. [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Sep 12, 2013 ... Died. October 18 1931. West Orange, New Jersey .... Edison applied for his first 
patent, the electric vote recorder, on October 28, 1868. [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Alva Edison | American inventor | Britannica.com [PAR] Oct 14, 2016 ... Before he died, in 1931, he had played a critical role in introducing the modern 
age of electricity. ... Alva, as the inventor was known until his second marriage, 
entered ... Thomas Alva Edison as a young boy. ... in December 1874 by paying 
Edison more than $100,000 in cash, ... Name the African Battle. [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison - McGill School Of Computer Science [PAR] Thomas Alva Edison ( February 11,

Question: At his death in 1931, this Jersey boy had more than a thousand patents to his name
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