Theodore Miller Edison (July 10, 1898 – November 24, 1992) was an American businessman, inventor, and environmentalist. He was the fourth son and youngest child of inventor Thomas Edison, and founder of Calibron Industries, Inc. He was the third child of Edison with his second wife, Mina Miller Edison.
In 1925, he married Anna Maria (Ann) Osterhout, a graduate of Vassar College.[4]
After graduation, Theodore worked for his father's company, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., starting as a lab assistant. He later founded his own company, Calibron Industries, Inc., and built his own smaller laboratory in West Orange. He earned over 80 patents in his career.
^Pace, Eric (November 26, 1992). "Theodore M. Edison; An Illustrious Father Guided Inventor, 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-21. Theodore M. Edison, an inventor, environmentalist, and philanthropist who was the last surviving child of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, died on Tuesday at his home in West Orange. He was 94 years old. He died of Parkinson's disease, said a cousin, Kim Arnn. After Thomas Alva Edison died in 1931, Theodore Edison took charge of his father's experimental laboratories in West Orange. His father's more than 1,000 inventions included the microphone, the phonograph, and the incandescent electric lamp.
^"Engaged". Time. July 21, 1924. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved 2008-08-04. Theodore M. Edison, of West Orange, N. J., son of Thomas A. Edison, famed inventor, to Miss Anna Maria Osterhout, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father, a professor in the Botany Department of Harvard, precipitated wide discussions in 1918 by averring that food could be obtained from sunlight, air and water.
^Pace, Eric (November 26, 1992). "Theodore M. Edison; An Illustrious Father Guided Inventor, 94". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-21. Theodore M. Edison, an inventor, environmentalist, and philanthropist who was the last surviving child of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, died on Tuesday at his home in West Orange. He was 94 years old. He died of Parkinson's disease, said a cousin, Kim Arnn. After Thomas Alva Edison died in 1931, Theodore Edison took charge of his father's experimental laboratories in West Orange. His father's more than 1,000 inventions included the microphone, the phonograph, and the incandescent electric lamp.