Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was raised in the American Midwest. Early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanical laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida, in collaboration with businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey S. Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, that featured the world's first film studio, the Black Maria. With 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries, Edison is regarded as the most prolific inventor in American history. Edison married twice and fathered six children. He died in 1931 due to complications from diabetes. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 11, 1847 (Milan), Died October 18, 1931 (West Orange)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker, performer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | [None] | 10-in. | January 1928 | A personal message to the people of New Zealand by Thomas A. Edison, February 11, 1928 | Thomas A. Edison | Talk | speaker | |
Edison | 6540 | 10-in. | 12/30/1918 | Let us not forget | Thomas A. Edison | Speech | speaker | |
Edison | 7459 | 10-in. | 7/23/1920 | Mr. Edison's message in Morse to the telegraph fraternity | Thomas A. Edison | Morse code | performer | |
Edison | 10068 | 10-in. | approximately Sept.-Oct. 1924 | Holiday greetings from the bunch at Orange | Charles Edison ; Thomas A. Edison ; Walter Huebner ; Charlie Luhr ; Gene Philips ; John Shearman ; Charles Viley ; Sumner Williams | Talk | speaker | |
Edison | EXP-185 | 12-in. | 1/11/1929 | Experimental disc recording-185 (300 tpi) | B. A. Rolfe Orchestra ; Ed Parker Quartet ; Edison Concert Band ; Thomas A. Edison ; Frieda Hempel ; Billy Murray ; Moriz Rosenthal | Experimental dubbing | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Edison, Thomas A.," accessed October 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102920.
Edison, Thomas A.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102920.
"Edison, Thomas A.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126308
Wikidata: Thomas Edison - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8743
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/66552944
MusicBrainz: Thomas Edison - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7ab467a1-d15b-41ea-a4d9-433d7ff64e9d
Getty ULAN: Edison, Thomas A. - http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500066589
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