Edison Pioneers
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The Edison Pioneers was a group of former employees and other associates of Thomas Edison
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On February 11, 1918, the Edison Pioneers met for the first time, on the 71st birthday of Edison. There were 37 people at the first meeting.
Edison himself was not present; it was announced he was "engaged in important government service".
It was suspected he was working on a military project since World War I
was still in progress.
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
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On February 11, 1918, the Edison Pioneers met for the first time, on the 71st birthday of Edison. There were 37 people at the first meeting.
Edison himself was not present; it was announced he was "engaged in important government service".
It was suspected he was working on a military project since World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
was still in progress.
Members
- Edward Goodrich AchesonEdward Goodrich AchesonEdward Goodrich Acheson was an American chemist. Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, he was the inventor of carborundum, and later a manufacturer of carborundum and graphite. Thomas Edison put him to work on September 12, 1880 at his Menlo Park, New Jersey laboratory under John Kruesi...
(1856–1931) - William Symes AndrewsWilliam Symes AndrewsWilliam Symes Andrews was an Edison Pioneer, electrical engineer, and one of the first employees of the General Electric Company.-Biography:He was born in England in 1847. He died on July 1, 1929 in Schenectady, New York.-References:...
(1847–1929) - John I. BeggsJohn I. BeggsJohn Irvin Beggs was an American entrepreneur, industrialist and financier associated closely with the electric utility boom under Thomas Edison. He was also associated with Milwaukee, St. Louis, Missouri and other regional rail and interurban trolley systems...
(1847–1925) - James Burke (1873–1940)
- C. L. Clame (died 1941)
- George V. Delany (died 1933)
- Charles L. Eidlitz (1866–1951), business executive
- William Joseph HammerWilliam Joseph HammerWilliam Joseph Hammer was an pioneer electrical engineer and aviator and he was president of the Edison Pioneers starting in 1908.-Biography:...
- Samuel InsullSamuel InsullSamuel Insull was an Anglo-American innovator and investor based in Chicago who greatly contributed to creating an integrated electrical infrastructure in the United States. Insull was notable for purchasing utilities and railroads using holding companies, as well as the abuse of them...
(1859–1938) - Francis JehlFrancis Jehl- References :* Francis Jehl Dies; An Edison Pioneer. , p 24* Israel, Paul. Edison: A Life of Invention. , 1998* Jehl, Francis. Working with Edison. , p BR 12...
- Oscar Junggren
- Isaac Krall
- Lewis Howard Latimer
- Thomas Commerford MartinThomas Commerford MartinThomas Commerford Martin was an American electrical engineer and editor, born in London, England. His father worked with Lord Kelvin and other pioneers of submarine telegraph cables, and Martin spent much time on the cable-laying ship SS Great Eastern. Educated as a theological student, Martin...
(1856–1924) - George F. MorrisonGeorge F. MorrisonGeorge Francis Morrison , was an American business executive, industrialist, Edison Pioneer, and a Director and Vice President of General Electric Company.- Early life :...
(1867–1943), Vice President of General Electric Company - H. W. Nelson
- Charles E. Pattison
- Frederick A. Scheffler
- Elmer Ambrose SperryElmer Ambrose SperryElmer Ambrose Sperry was a prolific inventor and entrepreneur, most famous as co-inventor, with Herman Anschütz-Kaempfe of the gyrocompass.Sperry was born at Cincinnatus, New York, United States of America...
(1860–1930) - Francis Robbins UptonFrancis Robbins UptonFrancis Robbins Upton was an American physicist and mathematician.-Biography:Upton graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1870...
, first president - Theodore Vandeventer
Other early Edison associates
Some other early associates eligible without evidence they joined the official organization:- Charles BatchelorCharles BatchelorCharles W. Batchelor was an inventor and close associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison during much of Edison’s career. He was involved in some of the greatest inventions and technological developments in history....
(1845–1910), "chief experimental assistant" - William Kennedy Dickson (1860–1935), motion picture inventor
- Frank Dyer
- Henry FordHenry FordHenry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...
- Miller Reese HutchisonMiller Reese HutchisonMiller Reese Hutchison was an American electrical engineer and inventor. He developed some of the first portable electric devices, such as a vehicle horn and a hearing aid.-Early life:...
(1876–1944), inventor of hearing aid - Edward Hibberd Johnson
- Arthur E. Kennelly (1861–1939), engineer and teacher
- John KruesiJohn KruesiJohn Kruesi was a Swiss born machinist and close associate of Thomas Edison.-Career:Kruesi had been apprenticed as a clock maker in Switzerland, migrating to the United States where he settled in Newark, New Jersey...
- Edwin Stanton Porter
- Frank J. SpragueFrank J. SpragueFrank Julian Sprague was an American naval officer and inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators...
- Nikola TeslaNikola TeslaNikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...