Thomas Edison c wang pencil (1)

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American Inventor

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 _{Thomas Edison was born on February 11,}

1847 in Milan, Ohio. He had six brothers and six sisters.

 _{He attended school for three months in}

Port Huron, Michigan.

 _{His mother decided to teach him herself.}

 _{Edison loved to read books about}

chemistry.

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 _{Thomas Edison never went to college and}

never got a degree because he only went to school for three months as a young

child.

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_{When Edison was 15, he}

saved a small boy’s life on

the train tracks. The boy’s

father offered to teach

Edison about telegraphy as

a reward for saving the

small boy’s life.

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Thomas Edison

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_{He received}

special awards:

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_{Congressional}

Gold medal

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_{Legion of honor}

of France

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_{Elected to the}

hall of fame of

Great Americas

in 1960

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 _{Thomas Edison Invented:}

 _{Transmitter that is still used in telephones}

and microphones

 _{Tinfoil phonograph}

 _{Light bulb}

 _Kinescope

 _Battery

 _{The light bulb is more than}

100 years old.

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 _{Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, New}

Jersey on October 18, 1931. After he died President Hoover put out the White House lights for one minute on October 22, 1931.

Reference: Lang, H & B.M. Lang (1995) Deaf Person in the Arts and Sciences Westpor, CT. Greenwood Pres.