Thomas Edison
1847 – 1931 · United States · Engineering
1,093 patents and the industrial research laboratory itself.
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Continuity of ideas
Who shaped Thomas Edison, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Benjamin Franklin
1706 – 1790 · Physics, Literature
The Franklin model of the inventor-entrepreneur-publicist is Edison's template.
Passed the work to1
- Nikola Tesla
1856 – 1943 · Engineering, Physics
The current wars were fought between Edison's DC empire and Tesla's polyphase AC.
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