Edison, Thomas A.
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Thomas Alva Edison (February 11 1847 - October 18 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life in the 20th century. 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 can therefore be credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Some of the inventions attributed to him were not completely original but amounted to improvements of earlier inventions or were actually created by numerous employees working under his direction. Nevertheless, Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,097 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version
"Discontent is the first necessity of progress."
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"I start where the last man left off."
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"There's a way to do better... find it."
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"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."
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"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work."
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"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
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"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."
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