"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration"Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many things that make the life better around the world. Thomas Edison was born Milan, Ohio. He invented his first patent when he was 14. He contracted scarlet fever and he was completely deaf of his ear. So, he learned Morse code and the use of the telegraph. When he was 16, he finished his first invention called automatic repeater. In 1887, Edison invented the phonograph: the firs machine that could record and play sounds. This patent makes him internationally famous. But his VERY IMPORTANT invention was the light bulb. Well, Edison didn’t invent the light bulb, he just make it better. He made that the bulb lasted more and now they are very common in all the homes of the world.
Thomas Alva Edison has the record for the most number of patents: 1093.
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