Research about Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison is an inventor from the United States. But surprisingly, he is also a telegrapher. It is said that their ancestor is from Holland, but we don’t know the reason why they moved to America.

Thomas’ father, Samuel and his mother, Nancy marry at 1828, and Thomas was born at February 11, 1847 as their seventh and last children. His name, Thomas, was named from his uncle.

He was a very curious boy and he tried many things and failed when he was a child. For example, he tried to build a bridge and fall into the canal. He even tried to watch how the fire burns, and made a fire accident. Although, he wasn’t a bad boy – he was just curious. He asked many things to the grown-ups – not only his family but also the adults passing by - . Most of the adults avoid him, but only his mother didn’t. He also did many experiments. One day, he even tried to hatch the chicks by warming their eggs by his body.

When he was eight, he went to school. As soon as he went to school, however, he quit it because his teacher said to him that he is crazy. There is a famous episode that he asked why 1+1=2. Thomas already knew that in this world, there is a lot of thing that it does not become two. For example, if you hit a dish with another dish, it breaks into a lot of pieces. After that, his mother, who used to be a teacher, taught him. When he was twelve, he started to sell newspaper in the train. And when he was fifteen, he became a telegrapher. When he was working at Western-Union telegraph office, he invented mousetrap using electricity.

On December 25, 1871, Edison married 16-year-old Mary Stilwell, whom he had met two months earlier. They had three children: Marion Estelle Edison, nicknamed "Dot", Thomas Alva Edison Jr., nicknamed "Dash" and William Leslie Edison. Mary Edison died on August 9, 1884.
On February 24, 1886, at the age of thirty nine, Edison married 20-year-old Mina Miller. They also had three children: Madeleine Edison, Charles Edison, and Theodore Miller Edison. Mina outlived Thomas Edison, dying on August 24, 1947.
Thomas Edison began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey, with the automatic repeater and his other improved telegraphic devices, but the invention which first gained him fame was the phonograph in 1877. This accomplishment was so unexpected that it is said by the people that it is almost magical. Edison became known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park," New Jersey, where he lived. Two years later, he made light bulb, and in 1880, he made generator. He also made movie watching machine in 1889, and a toaster in1910.

At October 18, 1931, he died in the age of 84.