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Thomas Alva Edison is one of the most important People

Thomas Alva Edison is one of the most important people of the industrial revolution Though he was not the richest he was a household name that pushed the advancement of this country through his inventions Thomas edison was born February 11 1847 in Milan Ohio to Samuel and Nancy Edison When he was seven Edison s family moved to Port Huron Michigan in In 1854 Thomas attended public school In the total of twelve weeks he was enrolled thomas was deemed A hyperactive child prone to distraction and his teacher described him as difficult Biography com Thomas s mother Nancy was an accomplished school teacher who after the twelve weeks of primary school pulled him to teach him herself When Thomas was about eleven he started to show a desire to learn without any pressure from others Along with being distracted all the time he also had hearing impairments It is now believed that a major cause was a bout with Scarlet Fever during childhood along with recurring untreated middle ear infections Bob Traynor In 1859 when he was just 12 years old Edison quit school and began working as a trainboy on the railroad between Detroit and Port Huron While he was working as a train boy he had easy access to the news stories that were telegraphed to the station office each day Thomas started to write and publish his own small newspaper named the Grand Trunk Herald 



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