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Thomas Edison
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Thomas Edison
An American businessman and inventor. He is especially known for inventing the light bulb, but he also created the phonograph, which laid the foundation for much of modern telecommunications. He founded General Electric. Edison lived from 1847 to 1931.


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The phonograph became wildly popular, and Edison reached a new level of fame and was soon nicknamed "The Wizard of Menlo Park.
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