Thomas Edison

Thomas (Alva) Edison was one of America's most important and famous inventors. Edison was born into a time and place where there wasn't much technological advancements. His inventions helped a lot of things quickly change in the world. His inventions contributed to many inventions today such as the night light, movies, telephones, and records and CDs.
Edison is most famous for the development of the first electric light bulb. Like I said Edison was born into a time where America wasn't very developed. He was born, and electricity had not been developed. But thanks to Edison when he had passed away on October 18, 1931 whole cities were lit up in electricity. For electricity, much of the credit goes to Edison.
Some of his inventions were improvements on other inventions, like the telephone. He didn't "invent" the telephone he just made it better. Some of his inventions he did try to invent, like the light bulb and the movie projector. The one he is......

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