Kingsley Chukwudi 9/01/14 Mr. Rodriguez Thomas Edison Thomas Edison is my inspirational historical person that I believe has all the 7 chosen traits. He has accomplished many things in his life and people look up to him because of that. I chose Thomas Edison as my historical person because he is not only said to have this traits, but he shows that he has them too. He is a very confident man and has lot of wisdom and ideas as his work. He also sometimes took great risk to accomplish what he wanted to. Born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, Thomas was taught by his mother because he didn’t understand the things in school. He learned a lot about engineering and was later a genius at it. His knowledge and …show more content…
Edison was an impressive figure because his ideas improved our life in many ways. Because of him, the spread of inventions started to go everywhere. Others started making more phonographs and light bulbs while also using his mass production method. Henry Ford himself who was his closest friends listened to his advice and was persuaded to invent something that will make his invention go faster. That’s when he invented the assembly line. Thomas made an influential quote that everyone admired, “If there is better way to do it…. find it”. He persuaded people on how to use his invention of light bulb to make their work run more efficiently without resulting to gas lamps. He influenced them in following his footsteps and making inventions that will make our world a better …show more content…
During his invention he failed many times trying finding a way to mine iron ore. He worked hard trying on so many methods to supply Pennsylvania iron ores, even sold his stock in general electric but couldn’t create a separator that will extract iron from the low-grade ore. Later, He gave up the idea, but then he had already lost all the money he had invested. This was the risks he took to try to help make the world a better. He lost most of his wealth in trying to a way for his invention to work. That kind of risk he took shows that he is a very hardworking man who doesn’t give up no matter