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Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11th, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. His parents where Nancy and Samuel Edison. He was the youngest of 7 children; he had 3 brothers and 3 sisters. His brothers and sisters were Marion, William, Callie, Harriet, Samuel, and Eliza. At a very young age Thomas got scarlet fever which caused him to become 80% deaf in one ear. Edison was thought to have ADHD which caused him to not pay attention during school. Thomas’ teachers never had very much patience with him, so his mom homeschooled him.

Thomas Edison’s primary residence was Louisville, Kentucky. Edison’s main invention was the light bulb, although he created the microphone, telephone receiver, stock ticker, phonograph, movies, and office copiers. Edison was inspired by his mother and a writer named Thomas Paine. When Edison was once at a train station he noticed a child on the train tracks as a train was coming. Thomas jumped on the track and saved the child’s life. The parent of the child ended up being friends with many inventors and helped Edison get hooked up with some. Edison worked with Henry Ford, Charles Lindburg, Marie Curie, Graham Bell, and President Herbert Hoover. Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of our time. Without him we would still be using candles for light. On October 18th, 1931 Thomas Edison died from old age.