Thomas Edison
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Thomas Alva Edison (11 February 1847 - 18 Oktober 1931) merupakan pencipta dan ahli perniagaan yang memajukan banyak peranti penting. "The Wizard of Menlo Park" merupakan pencipta pertama yang menggunakan prinsip penghasilan pukal mass production pada proses penciptaan.
Edison was considered one of the most prolific inventors of his time, holding a record 1,093 patents in his name. Most of these inventions were not completely original but improvements of earlier patents, and were actually made by his numerous employees - Edison was frequently criticized for not sharing the credits. Nevertheless, Edison received patents worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Edison started the Motion Picture Patents Company, which was a conglomerate of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
