Thomas Alva Edison
the Wizard of Menlo Park
Personal Information
West Orange, New Jersey, United State
Born February 11, 1847
Hard Worker
High Spirit
Intelligent
Open to new ideas of all sorts
Motivated
Job Objective
- Inventor
- Engineer
Profesional Experience, Employment, Job Description
I've had many jobs. Starting when I was twelve years old, I worked on a train selling candy. I gradually worked up to publishing and selling my very own newspaper. To help with that, I hired my own employees. I was a telegrapher for several years. I formed a small business in Boston, Massachusetts to produce an improved stock ticker I invented. I also took a job at the Gold Indicator Company in New York. I set up my own research laboratory solely dedicated to creating inventions. I've worked at the General Electric Company. I've had a job at a kinetoscope parlor. Most importantly, I've been creating new inventions for a long time.
Accomplishments
I'm very proud of inventing more than one thousand inventions. The biggest of those are the telegraph, incandescent lamp, and the kinetograph. I've also have had many of my own facilities including a factory solely dedicated to the creation of new inventions. I've received a plethora of awards. I held a world record for most inventions.
Educational Background
My mom schooled me for four years. This is what really developed my love for science and shaped me to what I am today.
References
Alexander Graham Bell
I made improvements by including a carbon button microphone, which enhanced the sound quality on his invention of the telephone.
Henry Ford
Credited me with encouraging his early work on automobiles.
List of Awards
- Albert Medal of the British Society of Arts
- John Fritz Medal of the American Engineering Societies
- Rumford Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Special gold medal awarded by the U.S. Congress
Images
This is me, Thomas Alva Edison.
This is me with one of my most famous achievements (iridescent lamp).
This is one of my well known early inventions (stock ticker tape machine).