Thomas Edison Florida Governor and Cabinet. Several places have been named after Edison, most notably the town of Edison, New Jersey. Thomas Edison State University, nationally known for adult learners, is in Trenton, New Jersey. Two community colleges are named for him: Edison State College (now Florida SouthWestern State College) in Fort Myers, Florida, and Edison Community College in Piqua, Ohio. There are numerous high schools named after Edison (see Edison High School) and other schools including Thomas A. Edison Middle School. Footballer Pelé's father originally named him Edson, as a tribute to the inventor of the light bulb, but the name
Francisco José do Nascimento and Culture, founded in 1999 in Fortaleza, was named after him. In 2017, Francisco's name was written into the ""Book of Steel" in the Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom, in Brasília. Francisco José do Nascimento Francisco José do Nascimento (April 15, 1839 — March 5, 1914), known as "Dragão do Mar" ("Sea Dragon") was a Brazilian pilot and abolitionist hero, who in 1881 led a strike in the port of Fortaleza, state of Ceará, refusing to transport enslaved black people to be sold in Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian provinces. Francisco José do Nascimento was born