谁可以用英文介绍Thomas Edison...约2-3分钟

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

Although in his early years Edison worked alone, he built up a research and development team to a considerable number while at his Menlo Park research laboratory. His staff were generally told to carry out his directions in conducting research and he drove them hard to produce results. The large rese