| Thomas Edison  AKA Thomas Alva Edison
Born: 11-Feb-1847
Birthplace: Milan, OH
Died: 18-Oct-1931
Location of death: West Orange, NJ
Cause of death: Diabetes complications
Remains: Buried, Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, NJ
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Inventor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Invented the light bulb Father: Samuel Ogden Edison (b. 6-Aug-1803, d. 27-Mar-1865)
Mother: Nancy Elliott (d. 1871)
Wife: Mary Stilwell (m. 25-Dec-1871, d. 9-Aug-1884, one daughter, two sons)
Daughter: Marion Estelle Edison ("Dot", b. 18-Feb-1872, d. 16-Apr-1965)
Son: Thomas Alva Edison, Jr. ("Dash", b. 10-Jan-1876, d. 25-Aug-1935)
Son: William Leslie Edison (b. 26-Oct-1878, d. 10-Aug-1937)
Wife: Mina Miller (m. 24-Feb-1886, until his death, d. 24-Aug-1947, one daughter, two sons)
Daughter: Madeleine Edison (b. 21-May-1888, d. 14-Feb-1979)
Son: Charles Edison (b. 3-Aug-1890, d. 31-Jul-1969)
Son: Theodore Miller Edison (b. 10-Jul-1898, d. 24-Nov-1992)
Edison Illuminating Company Founder (1880)
Edison Electric Light Company Founder (1878)
Acoustical Society of America Honorary
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Honorary
Civitan Club Fort Meyers (1928)
Matteucci Medal 1887
Rumford Prize 1895
Congressional Gold Medal 29-May-1928
National Inventors Hall of Fame
French Legion of Honor 1881
General Electric Founder
Coma
Dutch Ancestry Paternal
Scottish Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Diabetes, Dyslexia, Deafness,
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