Thomas Edison and Members of the French Society of Engineers attending a diner on the first level of the Eiffel Tower in his honour in 1889: 75

Posted on September 12, 2006 | 1 Comment

Ok, so it’s a very obscure one but just found this and thought it might be of interest for you in the US. I enjoy imagining those large groups of thinkers/philosophers/artists all congratulating each other on their marvellous work and then having a good old party! Hard to think of the last American who was honoured in the same way.

Source: Americans in Paris, Olivia and Hill Press

Jake Oldershaw

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One response to “Thomas Edison and Members of the French Society of Engineers attending a diner on the first level of the Eiffel Tower in his honour in 1889: 75”

  1. James Yarker | September 12, 2006 at 9:27 am | Reply

    Yesterday I learnt that Pele’s real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Apparently he was named after Thomas Edison [clearly a spelling error crept in somewhere).

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