Interesting Facts about Thomas Alva Edison
Who is Thomas Edison? Thomas Alva Edison the great inventor was born on February 11 th 1847 in Milan, Ohio and was the 7th/last child of Samuel and Nancy Edison. When Thomas was 7 years old his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan. Thomas was at Michigan until he struck out on his own at the age of 16. Thomas Edison had very little education, he went to school just for a few months, although his mother had taught him Reading, Writing and arithmetic, but Thomas showed interest in reading and also taught Reading himself. Edison took a job when he was 13 like other boys back at the 1800s. His job was a newspaper boy selling newspapers and candy at a railway station that goes from Port Huron to Detroit. Of course as a newspaper boy Thomas did not get much of a free time but at least when he got time at night he spended time on technological and scientific books. By the time he was 16 he was getting up to be a professional being a telegrapher. Later in life he invented ...