American Inventor
 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.
 Thomas Edison never went to college and
never got a degree because he only went to school for three months as a young
child.
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.
Thomas Edison
He received
special awards:
Congressional
Gold medal
Legion of honor
of France
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.
 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.