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Chen Shui-bian

(Encyclopedia) Chen Shui-bianChen Shui-bianchŭn shwā-byän [key], 1951–, Taiwanese political leader, president of Taiwan (2000–2008). Born into poverty, he obtained his law degree from National Taiwan…

Edison, Thomas Alva

(Encyclopedia) Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847–1931, American inventor, b. Milan, Ohio. A genius in the practical application of scientific principles, Edison was one of the greatest and most productive…

Chen Yi

(Encyclopedia) Chen YiChen Yichŭn yē [key], 1901–72, Chinese Communist general and statesman. Chen was a political instructor (1925) in the Kuomintang Whampoa Military Academy. After the Kuomintang-…

Menlo Park

(Encyclopedia) Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and the…

Edison

(Encyclopedia) Edison, township (2020 pop. 107,588), Middlesex co., NE N.J., inc. 1870 as Raritan Township, renamed 1954. Edison's varied manufactures…

Chen Duxiu

(Encyclopedia) Chen Duxiu or Ch'en Tu-hsiuChen Duxiuboth: chŭn d&oomacr;-shy&oomacr; [key], 1879–1942, Chinese educator and Communist party leader. He was active in the republican revolution…

West Orange

(Encyclopedia) West Orange, town (1990 pop. 39,103), Essex co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of Newark; set off from Orange 1862, inc. 1900. “Glenmont,” Thomas Edison's home in Llewellyn Park, and…

Fort Myers

(Encyclopedia) Fort Myers, city (2020 pop. 86,395), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc.…

Insull, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Insull, SamuelInsull, Samuelĭnˈsəl [key], 1859–1938, American public utilities financier, b. London. He arrived in the United States in 1881 and was employed by Thomas A. Edison as a…

Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison Born: 1847Birthplace: Milan, Ohio Electric lamp—Edison held 1,093 patents, including those for the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon telephone…