Thomas Alva Edison as Inventor who was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio.

Thomas Edison was

the youngest of seven children Samuel and Edison. His father was an exiled political activist, while his
mother was an accomplished school teacher and had a great influence on Thomas’ early life. Thomas
Alva Edison was an American inventor, his inventions include the telegraph, the phonograph, the first
practical incandescent electric light bulb, alkaline storage batteries and the Kinetograph (camera for
film).

During his lifetime, Edison received many patents. His first patent was obtained from the Electrographic
Vote-Recorder on October 13, 1868, at the age of 21. His last patent was for equipment used to hold
objects during the electroplating process. While the artificer wasn’t the inventor of the first light bulb,
he did find the technology that helped bring it back in time.

Edison was driven to perfect the commercially practical incandescent light bulb after the British inventor
invented the first early electric arc lamp in the early 1800s. Thomas Edison later died of complications
from his illness on October 18, 1931, at his home, “Glenmont,” in West Orange, New Jersey.