Possible Clues:

• Inventor with over 1,000 US patents to his name, d. 1931
• Inventor working after team set up
• Inventor's time at Twickenham recalled
• Inventor with zero arrogance taken aback
• Thomas who had a bright idea
• Inventor Thomas who co-founded General Electric
• Setting provided by Azed is one source of enlightenment?
• Inventor who said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work"
• Thomas __, US pioneer of electronic technologies
• American inventor, who had his 'light-bulb moment', d. 1930