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He was born in Febuary11,1847.
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He went to primary school.
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He applied for his first patent electric meter recorder in Oct.28 1868.
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Edison married 16-year-old Mary Stilwell, whom he had met two months earlier as she was an employee at one of his shops.
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William J. Hammer, a consulting electrical engineer, began his duties as a laboratory assistant to Edison in Dce. 1879.
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Thomas Edison's first successful light bulb model, used in public demonstration at Menlo Park, December 1879.
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Earlier in the year, in January 1882 he had switched on the first steam generating power station at Holborn Viaduct in London.
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His first wife was died in 9August, 1884.
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He set up General Electric Company in 1892.
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In 1899, Edison was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal.
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Edison was awarded Franklin Medal of The Franklin Institute in 1915 for discoveries contributing to the foundation of industries and the well-being of the human race.
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In 1928, he joined the Fort Myers Civitan Club.
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He died in 18Oct. 1931
