Thomas Edison Essay -- biographies bio biography

Term Paperdoubting doubting Thomas Alva Edison is one of the most influential people of his time. This native born Ohioan is credited with many invention that we hold today and that many of us take for granted. Countless hours of hard work went into everything he accomplished. That drive is what made him the man he was and defined him as an individual.Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Edison, Jr. and Nancy Elliot Edison. His p bents had no special mechanical background. His mother was a former schoolteacher his mystify was a jack-of- each(prenominal)-trades - from running a grocery store to real estate. When Thomas was seven years old, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan. He was a very unusual child who asked a lot of questions. Edison began school in Port Huron, Michigan when he was seven. His teacher, the Reverend G. B. Engle considered Thomas to be a dull student. Thomas oddly did not like math. And he as ked too many questions. The story goes that the teacher whipped students who asked questions. After three months of school, the teacher c tout ensembleed Thomas, addled, which means confused or mixed up. Thomas stormed hearthstone. The next day, Nancy Edison brought Thomas back to school to talk with Reverend Engle. The teacher told his mother that Thomas couldnt learn. Nancy also became angry at the teachers strict ways. She took Thomas fall out of school and decided to home-school him. It appears he briefly attended two more schools. However, his school attendance was not very good. So nearly all his childhood learning took place at home. Some of his inventions he deliberately tried to invent, like the light bulb and the movie projector. But some inventions he stumbled upon, like the phonograph. Of all his inventions, Edison was most proud of the phonograph. Edison invented and improved upon things that transformed our world. Some things he invented by himself. Some things he i nvented with other people. Just about all his inventions are things we still use in some form today. Throughout his life, Edison tried to invent things that everyone could use. Edison created the worlds first invention factory. He and his partners invented, built and shipped the fruit - all in the same complex. This was a new way to do business. Today many businesses have copied Edison... ...ing off ideas and doing experiments as fast as they came to mind. at a time the invention had been started, he left the details to others. Edison was known to be stubborn. When he was a senior citizen, he became protective of his inventions. One historian found an acerb letter from Edison to his manufacturing department. Edison had learned that teenagers were turning up the speed of his cylinder phonograph to make the music faster. Edison complained, I dont want it and wont have it. To make sure this would not happen again, he ordered his workers to make a control for the record speed. Thom as Alva Edison died when he was 84 years old, on Sunday, October 18, 1931. He was still experimenting up until the time he died. Three days later, on October 21, 1931, electric lights were dimmed for one minute throughout the United States. Edison and his wife, Mina, are buried on their home estate grounds. BibliographySmith, John Dont Follow ThisAmerican Publishing Company, Washington D.C., 1969Dilion, Bob This is wrongForever Young Inc. Omaha, NB, 1988Durst, Fred If you can read this you are too closeNookie for LifeOrlando, FL, 1999