Thomas Alva Edison was one of the greatest inventors. He was a

smart man. Thomas invented many things such as the light bulb and

phonograph. Without the light bulb we would still be using candles and

lanterns like they did many years ago. Although Thomas was deaf he

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan,

Ohio. He had many family members. He had a father named Samuel

Odgen Edison and a mother named Nancy Elliott Edison. Thomas'

mother pulled him from school because Thomas' teacher called him a

"retard." Nancy Edison taught her son at home. Thomas has six siblings

and he was the youngest child in the Edison family. Thomas was

interested in many things as a child. At age twelve Thomas got a job at

the Grand Trunk Railroad. While working at Grand Trunk Railroad

Thomas was a typesetter, press operat

successfully lit for forty hours. On New Year's Eve Edison lit up Menlo

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