One Of America's Greatest Inventions Of Thomas Edison

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Like Thomas Edison once said “ To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk”(edison). Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. Edison was deemed one of America's greatest inventors, and most inventions that he created are still used in our everyday lives today. Thomas Alva Edison was the youngest of seven children. His mother Nancy Elliott Edison, and father Samuel Ogden Edison had a huge impact on Edison life as a child. His father was a political activist that was originally from Canada while his mother was a full time school teacher. When he was young he suffered of a severe ear infection which caused him to almost lose his hearing completely. Around 1854, when Edison was seven he and his family moved