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'''Thomas Alva Edison''' was the inventor of the light bulb, motion pictures, and the phonograph. He lived in West Orange, New Jersey.
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'''Thomas Alva Edison''' was the inventor of the [[light bulb]], [[motion picture]]s, and the [[phonograph]]. He lived in West Orange, New Jersey. He also invented the [[electric chair]].
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Together with Joseph Swan (who had received a patent for the electric lamp a year before Edison) he started the Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company.
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Together with Joseph Swan (who had received a patent for the electric lamp a year before Edison) he started the Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company. Edison was a contemporary of [[Nicolai Tesla]] and the two worked together for a brief time.
    
[[Category:Inventors|Edison, Thomas Alva]]
 
[[Category:Inventors|Edison, Thomas Alva]]
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