Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. His dad, Samuel, was a Canadian political activist in exile, while his mom, Nancy, greatly influenced Thomas as a school teacher. (https://www.biography.com/inventors/thomas-edison#)
Thomas Edison is known for inventing many things with electricity. He started studying it because telegraphers had to keep equipment operating while sending and receiving messages. (https://www.biography.com/inventors/thomas-edison#) He invented things like the motion picture camera and the phonograph, but is most known for inventing the incandescent commercial light bulb.
The incandescent commercial light bulb was invented in 1879. Thomas wanted to invent it because he wanted to compete with nowadays obsolete lighting. (https://homework.study.com/explanation/what-motivated-thomas-edison-to-invent-the-light-bulb.html#:~:text=He%20had%20previously%20formed%20the,sources%20of%20lighting%20and%20energy.) It actually took 1,000 attempts to make it successfully. Some of the biggest problems he faced were the difficulty in finding a good filament and making an advanced pump.
When Thomas was 12, he became deaf in one ear, and his other ear got a hearing problem. But this actually helped, as outside noise could not not distract him during experiments. Later on, he began selling candy near the train. One day, he saw a boy about to get hit by a train and saved him. As a reward, he was offered the job of telegraph operator.
Thomas Edison is an important person to study because of three different points. First, it is a good lesson to work hard. It took him 1,000 attempts to finally make his light bulb successfully. Second, it is inspirational. You may follow in his footsteps and invent something even more powerful later on. And third, you must recognize the many things he, along with many other people, had to endure.
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