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Thomas A. Edison

an American inventor who invented many of the things we still use today like the film camera and the electric bulb, the fourth most prolific inventor in history holding over 1,000 patents, started as a telegraph operator, nonviolence was key to his moral views, served as a naval consultant for World War I but never invented weapons to kill, only defensive weapons, one of the most influential figures in history
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