Thomas Alva Edison
Dates and Places
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio.
He died on October 18, 1931.
Accomplishments
Thomas Edison is famous because he invented many useful things.
Young Life and Family
As a child he did not like to go to school, but he liked to read books.
When he earned money he would spend it on books on science or things for his laboratory.
Adult
Life
At age twenty-one, Edison came out with his first invention. It was a stock ticker. It printed stock exchange quotations.
Some other things he invented were the light bulb, the phonograph and the moving picture machine.
He invented over 1,000 things.
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