Edison, New Jersey Township in Hunterdon County. In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in New Jersey on the site of an unsuccessful real estate development in Raritan Township called "Menlo Park", (currently located in Edison State Park). While there he earned the nickname "the Wizard of Menlo Park." Before his death at age 83 in 1931, the prolific inventor amassed a record 1,093 patents for creations including the phonograph, a stock ticker, the motion-picture camera, the incandescent light bulb, a mechanical vote counter, the alkaline storage battery including one for an electric car, and the first commercial electric
Edison High School (Portland, Oregon) portable classrooms on the Jesuit High School campus. In 1992, Edison moved into a new building and changed the school's name to Thomas A. Edison High School in honor of the famed American inventor who had a learning difference. In 2014, they streamlined the school's name to Edison High School. Students also take classes in a satellite building in the Valley Plaza next door. The school Director, Patrick J. Maguire, joined the school in 1984 and became the director in 2000. The philosophy of Edison High School is that learning proceeds from the creation of trusting relationships and a supportive