History of Thomas Edison

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Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. Edison holds the record on the greatest number of patents granted to a single person (over 1000). His most famous invention is the electric bulb, although some people still see Joseph Swann or even [James Bowman Lindsay]? as the true inventor of the light bulb. Many of his inventions were not unique, but Edison showed unique skills in winning the patents and beating his opponents by better marketing skills and influence. (A legend has it that he invented the electric chair as a means of impressing the public that alternating current was more dangerous than direct current)

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) invented the [light bulb]? and many other important devices. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. Edison holds the record on the greatest number of patents granted to a single person (over 1000). His most famous invention is the electric bulb, although some people still see Joseph Swann or even [James Bowman Lindsay]? as the true inventor of the light bulb. Many of his inventions were not unique, but Edison showed unique skills in winning the patents and beating his opponents by better marketing skills and influence. (A legend has it that he invented the electric chair as a means of impressing the public that alternating current was more dangerous than direct current)