Thomas Edison
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The Rise and Fall of Edison
In 1884, Edison's wife Mary dies, ending a marriage frequently fraught because of his absence. A year later he meets Mina Miller, the striking, educated 19-year-old daughter of a millionaire inventor and entrepreneur. She even takes to communicating with him in Morse code. In 1886, they marry and move to a grand property, Glenmont, in West Orange, New Jersey. It opens in November 1887, and at times, houses as many as 30 different subsidiary companies employing thousands of workers. Although he is the undisputed figurehead of the enterprise, there can be no pretense that he is a one man band. His approach to work is predicated on collegiate effort
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