1. The Great InventorThomas A. Edison1847-1931

2. Born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio Grew up in Port Huron, Michigan Homeschooled by mother Became businessman at young age selling candy and news papers on trains. Childhood of Edison Wikipedia.org -Young Thomas Edison

3. Edison’s Education Homeschooled most of his life Gained knowledge by reading R.G Parker’s School of Natural Philosophy and The Cooper Union.

4. Married to 16 year old Mary Stillwell on December 21,1871 and had three children. Mary died August 9, 1884 Remarried to Mina Miller on February 24, 1886 and had three children. Edison’s Family Wikipedia.org -Mina Edison in 1906

5. The electric light bulb Phonograph, which is a cylinder, kind of like a record for playing music Invented a Kinetoscope, First research lab for technological innovation and improvement Edison’s Inventions Wikipedia.org-First light bulb model 1878

6. Edison was an inventor & businessman. He develop many devices and he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention . His contributions improved the standards of living in our society. Contributions Wikipedia.org-Taken by Mathew Brady 1877

7. “Who Made America? Thomas Edison The Science of Innovation”. pbs.org. “Thomas Edison” wikipedia.org. Resource