Posted by ANUSREE GK on Dec. 22, 2012, 7:34 p.m.
| Thomas Edison | |
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 "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
– Thomas Alva Edison, Harper's Monthly (September 1932 edition) |
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| Born | Thomas Alva Edison February 11, 1847 Milan, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | October 18, 1931 (aged 84) West Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | School dropout |
| Occupation | Inventor, businessman |
| Religion | Deist |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Stilwell (m. 1871–1884) |
| Children | Marion 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) |
| Parents | Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804–1896) Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871) |
| Relatives | Lewis Miller (father-in-law) |
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