Thomas Alva Edison
U.S. History Since 1865 - HIST 2302
January 21, 2002
Thomas Alva Edison
Picture a world without electric light, the phonograph, or motion pictures. Picture a world without the greatness of Thomas Alva Edison. His most remarkable inventions have altered the lives of millions. Perhaps the greatest genius the world has ever known, Thomas Alva Edison was born February 11, 1847, in the small town of Milan, Ohio, to Samuel and Nancy Edison. He was the youngest of seven children and a very mischievous child who loved to play pranks. According to Richards (1984), at the age of six Thomas, whose nickname was "Al," for Alva, set a fire in his father's barn, "just to see what it would do" (p. 82). Al was also stubborn and difficult to raise. His teachers didn't believe he had much intelligence, labeled him as retarded, and expelled him from school. However as history proves, Al was not retarded, but rather had a great curiosity about everything, especially......
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