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Revision as of 21:20, 4 September 2008
Thomas Edison (Thomas Alva Edison) was born on February 11, 1847. Thomas Edison was an American inventor; one of the most well known inventors of all time. Thomas Edison died on October 18, 1931, but not before he accumulated over 1,000 patents. [1]
Overview
Thomas Edison had very little formal teaching as a child. He was taught reading, writing and math by his mother, though he also taught himself.[2] Edison's first job was working on the Grand Trunk Railway. For saving a station official's son, (in the path of an oncoming train) Edison was taught how to use the telegraph. He then worked as a telegrapher in the Midwest. He invented an telegraph repeating instrument and after it became a huge success, he became a full time inventor. [3]
Significance
Edison's had a huge significance in the development of computers. The Edison Effect was discovered by Thomas Edison in 1883 and leads to the development of vacuum tubes History of Computers - Vacuum Tubes and the integrated circuit.
References
- ↑ http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledisonpatents.htm
- ↑ http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/a/Edison_Bio.htm
- ↑ http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Edison.html
