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Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

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American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

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Affiliations retain their dates and sources. Roles may be historical; a missing end date does not establish a current role. Machine classifications need review; a co-mention alone does not establish a relationship.

  1. Thomas Edison→National Academy of Sciences

    Member of

    member ofFrom 1927 · end not recordedWikidata statement
  2. Thomas Edison→Cooper Union

    Educated at

    educated at1875–1879Wikidata statement
  3. Thomas Edison→Continental Edison

    Works or worked for

    employed byDates not recordedWikidata statement
  4. Thomas Edison→General Electric

    Works or worked for

    employed byDates not recordedWikidata statement
  5. Thomas Edison→Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

    Founded

    foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
  6. Thomas Edison→Academy of Sciences of the USSR

    Member of

    member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
  7. Thomas Edison→United States Naval Research Laboratory

    Founded

    foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
  8. Thomas Edison→Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

    Member of

    member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
  9. Thomas Edison→American Philosophical Society

    Member of

    member ofFrom 1896 · end not recordedWikidata statement
  10. Thomas Edison→Russian Academy of Sciences

    Member of

    member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
  11. Bill Gates↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  12. Paul Volcker↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  13. Charlie Rose↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  14. Alan Turing↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  15. Karl Ferdinand Braun↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  16. J. Robert Oppenheimer↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  17. Ken Auletta↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  18. Andrew Grove↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  19. Alan Greenspan↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  20. James Naismith↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  21. Stanford R. Ovshinsky↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  22. Warren Weaver↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  23. Claude Shannon↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  24. George Westinghouse↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  25. Elizabeth Holmes↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  26. Thomas Edison↔Nikola Tesla

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  27. Alexander Graham Bell↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  28. Thomas Edison↔Johannes Gutenberg

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  29. Lloyd Blankfein↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  30. Vic Gundotra↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  31. Kip S. Thorne↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  32. Larry Page↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  33. Melinda Gates↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  34. Elon Musk↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  35. Roger Parloff↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  36. Thomas Edison↔Max Planck

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  37. Alan Lightman↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  38. Niels Bohr↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  39. Steve Jobs↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  40. Vannevar Bush↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  41. Marilyn vos Savant↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  42. Lee de Forest↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  43. Robert Kahn↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  44. Thomas Edison↔Steven Levy

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  45. Shuji Nakamura↔Thomas Edison

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

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