International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1931)

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THOMAS ALVA EDISON On Sunday Oct. 18 Thomas Alva Edison died peacefully and serenely, as he had lived. THOMAS ALVA EDISON, the " Wizard " of the thousand inventions that have revolutionised the world, gave himself entirely to science and knew no other joys than those deriving from the pleasure of work, and the sense of duty. He ranks among the elect who were an honour to their country and to the whole human race during their lives and are a still greater honour and living memory and example after death. Born at Milan in Ohio, on February 11, 1847, as the son of a poor artisan, he too spent the years of struggle as a workman. An auto didactic character, athirst for knowledge and science, he led a life of magnificent poverty until his genius raised him to glory. In his laboratory at West Orange the " wizard of the wireless " examined every scrap of available, apparently even insignificant information brought him by his vast army of assistants. Each