English name: Thomas Alva Edison
Edison (1847 ~ 1931) is a world-renowned scientist and inventor of the United States electricity, as the "King of the invention of the world." In addition to his phonograph, electric, cable, film, and other aspects of the invention and contribution to, in the mining, construction, chemical industry and other fields also have a lot of ideas and the creation of a well-known. Edison life, there were about 2000 invention of human civilization and progress made tremendous contributions.
Edison is also a great entrepreneur, in 1879, founded the Edison, "Edison Electric Light Company," in 1880, incandescent sale, 1890, Edison has set up its business to become Edison General Electric Company. In 1891, Edison's fine filament, high-vacuum incandescent bulbs to obtain a patent. In 1892, Houston ?6?1 Tom Edison power company and the merger of lighting set up General Electric, General Electric started in the electrical field of up to a century of dominance.