Possible Clues:

• Inventor — description of his humility put up
• Inventor's arrogance over broadcasting
• Inventor friend of Henry Ford
• Eponymic New Jersey city
• "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" speaker
• Tesla's nemesis
• Thomas . . . . . . was a great American inventor
• Electronics groundbreaker
• Light bulb innovator
• Limited edition is about great inventor