Category:Elihu Thomson

**Elihu Thomson**
	American inventor
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Date of birth	29 March 1853; Manchester
Date of death	13 March 1937; Swampscott
Place of burial	Pine Grove Cemetery;
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom; United States of America;
Educated at	Yale University; Harvard University;
Occupation	engineer; inventor; chemist; businessman;
Employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Member of	American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society; American Physical Society; National Academy of Sciences (Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, 1907–);
Field of work	engineer's degree;
Award received	Edison Medal (1909); Elliott Cresson Medal (1912); John Fritz Medal (1916); Hughes Medal (1916); Faraday Medal (1927); Rumford Prize (1901); National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006); Legion of Honour; Franklin Medal (1925);
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English: Elihu Thomson, an engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, United Kingdom and France.