Thomas Edison | Transformation From 5 To 84 Years Old

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Nick Name: The Wizard Of Menlo Park Also Known As: Thomas Alva Edison Famous As: Inventor, Businessman Nationality: American Birthday: February 11, 1847 Died At Age: 84 Sun Sign: Aquarius Born In: Milan Father: Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. Mother: Nancy Matthews Elliott Spouse/Ex-Spouse: Mary Stilwell (M. 1871–1884), Mina Miller (M. 1886–1931) Children: Charles Edison, Madeleine Edison, Marion Estelle Edison, Theodore Miller Edison, Thomas Alva Edison Jr., William Leslie Edison Religion: Deist Died On: October 18, 1931 Place Of Death: West Orange Personality: ESTP Diseases & Disabilities: Dyslexia, Hearing Impairments And Deafness Founder/Co-Founder: Edison Electric Light Company (General Electric Company) Discoveries/Inventions: Fluoroscopy, Motion Picture Camera, Universal Electric Motor, Electrical Vote Recorder, Steel Alkaline Storage Battery, Motograph, Magnetic Ore Separator, Automatic Telegraph Systems, Paraffin Paper,Mimeograph Machine, The Carbon Rheostat, The Microtasimeter,Carbon Telephone Transmitter Net Worth: $12 Million --------------------------- His is a rags-to-riches story - virtually turning the fate of his life from being a ‘confused’ lad to the most recognized and respected American, amongst numerous others, in the world. Thomas Alva Edison is a name to reckon with in the scientific and technological circles of the world. A prolific inventor and a leading businessman, he was the mastermind behind numerous discoveries and innovations that helped build America's economy. It was his intelligence, ideas, hard work and perseverance that made him the front-runner in America’s first technological revolution. Edison is reported to have set the stage for the modern electric world. It is his discoveries and inventions that became the foundation of industries and made life blissful for the human race. With about 1093 US patents and many more patents in other countries, Edison is accredited with numerous inventions, including stock ticker, phonograph, first practical electric light bulb, motion picture camera, mechanical vote recorder and a battery for an electric car. ---------------------------------- Childhood & Early Life Born to Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr and Nancy Matthews Elliott, Thomas Edison was the youngest of the seven children of the couple. While his father was an exiled political activist, his mother was employed as a teacher. Interestingly, young Edison received his formal education for just about 12 weeks. Thereafter, it was his mother who took the responsibility of teaching him at home. A voracious reader, he read a wide range of subjects and soon developed the habit of self-education. Since an early age, he had developed hearing difficulties which increased with age and by the middle years he was almost deaf. Scarlet fever is attributed to be the cause of this deafness. During his early years, he sold newspapers to passengers travelling along the Grand Trunk Railroad line. The access to up-to-date information led him to start off his own newspaper, Grand Trunk Herald, which became quite a hit with the masses. Also, it was his first of the many more to come business ventures. In addition to selling newspapers, he set up a small laboratory and conducted chemical experiments in one of the baggage cars of the train. Unfortunately, one experiment went wrong and resulted in the car catching fire. This temporarily ended his pursuits. A good deed of saving the life of an infant from a near-tragic incident changed his life forever. The indebted dad of the child trained him as a telegraph operator. He found his first job at Stratford Junction, Ontario. He travelled all through the Midwest, working for various companies, before finding a job with the Associated Press bureau news wire. However, he was soon fired due to conducting experiments during working hours. ------------------------------------ Career He moved to New York, where he began his career as an inventor. One of his earliest inventions was a stock ticker. Impressed by the working of the machine, the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company offered him $40,000 for the rights. In 1869, he patented the electric vote recorder, his first in a long list to follow. He then relocated to Newark, New Jersey, where he set up a small laboratory and employed machinist. The decade of 1870s was devoted to conducting experiments on the telephone, phonograph, electric railway, iron ore separator, electric lighting, and other developing inventions. He expanded his operation and moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey. The one invention that brought him his first round of fame and catapulted his status to greater heights was the phonograph, invented in 1877. The device assisted in recording sound but had loopholes due to which he continued to work on it until the next decade when the ‘Perfected Phonograph’ was finally made available. Read more: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-edison-4395.php