Thomas A. Edison in his laboratory in New Jersey, 1901
Born: February 11, 1847 Died: October 18, 1931
The phonograph and the motion-picture projector were only a few of Thomas Alva Edison's more than 1,000 inventions. One of the most famous inventors in the history of technology, Edison also created the first industrial research laboratory, in Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876.
