Thursday, March 31, 2011

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
– Thomas Alva Edison, Harper's Monthly(September 1932)
BornThomas Alva Edison
February 11, 1847
Milan, Ohio, United States
DiedOctober 18, 1931 (aged 84)
West Orange, New Jersey, United States
OccupationInventor, scientist, businessman
ReligionDeist
SpouseMary Stilwell (m. 1871–1884)
Mina Miller (m. 1886–1931)
ChildrenMarion Estelle Edison (1873–1965)
Thomas Alva Edison Jr. (1876–1935)
William Leslie Edison (1878–1937)
Madeleine Edison (1888–1979)
Charles Edison (1890–1969)
Theodore Miller Edison (1898–1992)
ParentsSamuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804–1896)
Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871)
RelativesLewis Miller (father-in-law)
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