Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. Edison’s father, Samuel, was a shingle maker and land speculator, while his mother, Nancy, kept house and taught young Edison at home.

Thomas Edison has 1,093 patents to his name. He and his associates worked long hours every day, six days a week at his Menlo Park laboratory, with the goal of developing "a minor invention every ...

Others are wary, fearing it will make kids lazy. The year is 1922; the leading advocate is Thomas Edison, who has a special place in my heart for founding what became General Electric (GE ...

Thomas Edison noticed this first in 1883. While fiddling with lightbulbs he saw that he could get current to jump from the hot filament to a metal plate at the bottom. What Edison discovered (and ...

A national nonprofit provided equipment and training for Thomas Edision Elementary School to teach their kindergarten students how to ride a bike.