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| Date of birth | 11 February 1847 Milan Thomas Alva Edison |
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| Date of death | 18 October 1931 West Orange |
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| Award received | - Congressional Gold Medal (1928)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour (1889)
- Grammy Trustees Award (1977)
- Benjamin Franklin Medal
- Matteucci Medal (1887)
- Rumford Prize (1895)
- John Scott Award (1889)
- Franklin Medal (1915)
- National Inventors Hall of Fame (1973)
- Navy Distinguished Service Medal (1920)
- Albert Medal (1892)
- Edward Longstreth Medal (1899)
- Technical Grammy Award (2010)
- John Fritz Medal (1908)
- honorary doctor of Rutgers University
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Knight of the Legion of Honour (1879)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (1881)
- grand officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1889)
- John Scott Award (1929)
- New Jersey Hall of Fame (2008)
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