EDISON, AT 10, BEGAN CAREER AS INVENTOR; Regarded Dull in School Days at Milan, Ohio, He Early Showed His Genius. EDUCATED BY HIS MOTHER He Started Fortune by Devices Revolutionizing the Telegraph Business While an Operator. PROLIFIC IN NEW IDEAS Reached Height of Career Early With Development of Trolleys, Electric Light, Phonograph, Kinetoscope. Started Experimenting Early. Conductor Boxed His Ears. Questionnaire Became Famous. An Invention Every Two Weeks. Moves to Larger Shop. Brilliant Light His Reward. Invention of Phonograph. Discovery an Accident. Failed as a Prophet. His Contribution to Radio. Edison a Freethinker. Relaxed in the South. "Light's Golden Jubilee." Scholarship for Brightest Boy.
Thomas Alva Edison was born at Milan, Ohio, on Feb. 11, 1847. He came of vigorous and independentminded stock, originally coming to America from the Zayder Zee. His great-grandfather was Thomas Edison, ...
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