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Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who lived from the 11th of February 1847 to the 18th of October 1931. He developed the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and an early version of the electric light bulb, and registered 1,093 US patents.
Thomas Edison earned the nickname the Wizard of Menlo Park after he completed the phonograph in 1877, a device that seemed almost magical to the public. Menlo Park, New Jersey, was the site of his first industrial research laboratory, built in 1876.
The war of the currents was Thomas Edison's campaign against the alternating current systems George Westinghouse began installing in 1886. Edison backed Harold P. Brown in publicly electrocuting animals and helped develop the electric chair to portray AC as deadlier than his own direct current.
Thomas Edison developed hearing problems at age 12 and was completely deaf in one ear and barely hearing in the other. Historian Paul Israel attributed it to childhood scarlet fever and recurring untreated middle-ear infections, though Edison invented fictitious stories about the cause.
Thomas Edison switched on the Pearl Street Station in Manhattan on the 4th of September 1882. The 600-kilowatt steam-powered plant supplied 110 volts of direct current to 946 customers, with subscriptions growing to 508 customers and 10,164 lamps.
Thomas Edison's film studio made nearly 1,200 films, mostly short productions. Notable titles include Fred Ott's Sneeze, The Kiss, The Great Train Robbery, an early Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and the first Frankenstein film in 1910.
Thomas Edison's name is registered on 1,093 US patents. As the leader of his laboratory, he was often credited for inventions made in large part by employees working under him.