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Tom had the correct answer first, or at least half of it.
It was Thomas Edison. One patent for every three years of his life. Unfortunately, he didn't invent most of the things he patented... His workers did. He just grabbed the glory... and the money.
As for the second half of my question of why there is a statue of him and a park dedicated to him near my house... I doubt anyone will get this one so I'll spill...
Edison tried thousands of different items as filaments when he was trying to perfect the light bulb. One of those that he tried was 'bamboo' from a stand near a neighborhood shrine. The local folk were so thrilled that he chose 'our shrine' to select his bamboo, they dedicated the shrine's park to him and erected a statue! God only knows 'why' he chose that stand of bamboo. It's no different from 90% of the rest of the world's.
Tom... give us a question, please!
Stitchawl
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