Thomas Alva Edison Research Paper Final

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He had many important people in his life, accomplished many things, and had many important events take place in his life. He died a peaceful death and earned many "nicknames". Thomas Alva Edison was a superb person and definitely a role model.

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11th_{, 1847 in Milan Ohio. Edison had a very unique}

childhood for many reasons which made it like no other. Thomas Alva Edison accomplished many things in his life. He has a world record of 1,093 patents in one lifetime, of which the electric light bulb was the greatest achievement and greatest invention. Most of the inventions from the mid 1800s that Edison made or upgraded are still in use today in some way, and some are items that we rely on to survive. Thomas also made the first industrial research laboratory. Thomas Edison is one of the world finest/greatest inventors of all time. Edison received many titles too. He was named “The Greatest Living American” in 1922, “The Inventor of the Age”, and “Wizard of Menlo Park”. One aspect about Edison that is very interesting is that he was afraid of the dark and spiders, and still worked in a partly dark laboratory that had spiders in it (Delano, 2002).

Thomas Alva Edison died on October 18th_{, 1931. He was more that an inventor, he was a Great}

American. In fact, he shouldn’t be considered Great American; he should be considered a Superb

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