Edison (disambiguation)

Edison (disambiguation)

Edison is the last name of Thomas Edison (1847–1931), an American inventor.Edison may also refer to:

Thomas Edison legacies

* Edison Bridge (disambiguation), various locations
* Edison effect, thermionic emission discovered by Edison
* Edison National Historic Site, site of Edison's home in West Orange, New Jersey
* Edison Records, record label company founded 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

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

People

* Charles Edison (1890–1969), son of Thomas Edison and Governor of New Jersey
* Sweets Edison (1915–1999), American jazz musician
* Edison James (born 1943), former prime minister of Dominica
* Edison Méndez (born 1979), Ecuadoran football midfielder
* Edison Chen (born 1980), popular Hong Kong teen idol

Places in the United States named after Edison

*Edison, Georgia
*Edison, Nebraska
*Edison, New Jersey
*Edison, Ohio
*Edison, Washington
*Edison Park, Chicago

Other uses

* Edison, an Altoona, PA 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


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