Thomas Edison

Kevin Ngo

Birth – Date and Place

• Born in 1847• In a small town of

Milan, Ohio

Family

• Has a mom

• Has six siblings– Marion, William, Callie, Harriet, Samuel and

Eliza

Early Childhood Life

• Thomas Edison went to school. When he was 7 years old, he and his family moved to Port Huron Michigan after his father got hired as a carpenter at the fort Gratial Military post. When Thomas Edison was 10, he set up his own laboratory in his basement. At age 12, he printed a weekly newspaper.

Education

• Entered a school at Port Huron and went to college.

• He loved to read.

• He open a laboratory at his basement.

• He got a hearing problem.

• He got a job as a train boy on the Grand Truck Railway.

Accomplishments and Awards• Thomas Edison started to make invention.

– Light bulb, Telephone, Electric lamp, Electric machines, Vacuum apparatus, Electric- arc light, photo graph record, mass communication, telecommunication, motion picture, storage battery, sound microphone, electric generator

Obstacles Thomas Overcame

• When he was young, Thomas Edison was has a hearing problem and he was teased by other kids.

Why I think Thomas is a hero

• Because he invented stuff to help us. Like a Light bulb and he does not invent weapons to kill.

Famous Quotes

• “I would not fail, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work, I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.”

Death – Date and Place

• Thomas Edison died at the West Orange, New Jersey on October 18, 1931. He died at age 84.

Other Interesting Facts

• He had a hearing problem.

• He does not invent weapons to kill.

• He invented the light bulb.

• He invented things that we use today like a light bulb and a telephone.

Bibliography

• www.yahookids.com

• www.thomasedison.com

• www.brainquotes.com