Edison (disambiguation)
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Edison is the last name of Thomas Edison (1847–1931), a United States inventor.
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Edison may also refer to:
[edit] Thomas Edison legacies
- 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
- 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 A. Edison High School (New York City), Jamaica, New York
- Thomas Alva Edison Intermediate School, Westfield, New Jersey
- Edison High School, 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 James (born 1943), former prime minister of Dominica
- Edison Méndez (born 1979), Ecuadoran football midfielder
- Edison Chen (born 1980), popular Hong Kong teen idol
[edit] Places in the United States named after Edison
- Edison, Georgia
- Edison, Nebraska
- Edison, New Jersey
- Edison, Ohio
- Edison, Washington
- Edison Park, Chicago
[edit] Other uses
- "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
