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How popular was thomas Edison?

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Thomas Edison lived in an era when people were amazed by all of the new technologies that were being invented. In the mid-to-late 1800s, Americans were introduced to such new inventions as the telegraph (credited to Samuel Morse) and the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell), in addition to the inventions credited to Edison-- including the phonograph, and moving pictures-- later called "movies" (in France, this invention is credited to two French inventors, the Lumiere Brothers). In that same era, there were other experiments being done by Marconi and Tesla, which would lead to radio by the early 1910s. In other words, it was a very exciting era, filled with what seemed like endless new discoveries.

Edison was not the only great inventor of his era, but he was one of the best known. His work on the phonograph and on the light bulb made him a hero to many people, since his inventions simplified their lives, and also brought entertainment into their homes for the first time. Granted, Edison did not invent these things alone-- he had a dedicated team that did a lot of the work-- but he was the face of the company, and the ideas and concepts were often his. Newspapers and magazines frequently wrote about him. The public thought of him as a "wizard," a genius capable of creating amazing new things. Most people had no idea what his personal beliefs were, what political party he belonged to, whether or not he went to church, etc. All they knew, and all they cared about, was his brilliance, and his ability to keep inventing-- during his 84 years, he received hundreds of patents, and the Edison name on a phonograph or some other product meant that item was trusted. It is safe to say that Edison was not just popular-- he was widely admired.

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