Edison

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Edison is the last name of Thomas Edison (1847–1931), an American inventor.

Contents 1 Thomas Edison legacies 2 Education 3 People 4 Places in the United States named after Edison 5 Other uses

Edison may also refer to:

[edit] Thomas Edison legacies

• Edison Bridge (disambiguation), various locations
• Edison effect, thermionic emission discovered by Edison
• Thomas Edison National Historical Park, site of Edison's home in West Orange, New Jersey
• Edison Records, record label company founded by Edison
• Edison Studios, pioneering film company owned by Edison
• Edison (crater), on the Moon
• Edisonian approach, an approach of trial and error discovery used by Edison
• Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum, site of Edison's Menlo Park laboratory
• Thomas Alva Edison Birthplace, in Milan, Ohio
• USS Edison (DD-439), a United States destroyer, named after Edison
• Edison plug, a common name for the NEMA 5-15 electrical connector
• Edison screw, a system of light bulb connectors developed by Edison

[edit] Education

• Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey
• Thomas A. Edison High School (New York City), Jamaica, New York
• Thomas A. Edison Central Sixth Middle School (New Jersey), West Orange, New Jersey
• Edison High School (New Jersey), Edison, New Jersey
• Edison High School, Huntington Beach, California
• Edison Schools, a for-profit company that runs public schools in the United States

[edit] People

• Charles Edison (1890–1969), son of Thomas Edison and Governor of New Jersey
• Sweets Edison (1915–1999), American jazz musician
• Edison Denisov (1929-1996), Russian composer
• Edison James (born 1943), former prime minister of Dominica
• Édison Méndez (born 1979), Ecuadoran football midfielder
• Edison Chen (born 1980), popular Hong Kong teen idol
• Granville Woods (1856–1910), American inventor, often referred to as "The Black Edison"

[edit] Places in the United States named after Edison

• Edison, California
• Edison, Georgia
• Edison, Nebraska
• Edison, New Jersey
• Edison, Ohio
• Edison, Washington
• Edison Park, Chicago

[edit] Other uses

• Edison, an Altoona, Pennsylvania based rock band.
• Edison, a former name of the band Edison Glass
• Edison Carter, character in the television show Max Headroom
• Edison (film), a 2005 film directed by David J. Burke
• Edison Award, a music award in the Netherlands
• Southern California Edison, or simply Edison, a California energy utility
• Edison S.p.A., an Italian energy company
• Edison Lighthouse, a 70s rock band featuring Tony Burrows
• Edison (software), a PC energy monitoring application by Verdiem Corporation

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