Thomas Edison an American inventor, and entrepreneur.

Edison is
famous for his perfection of the incandescent light bulb, a device
aimed to bring a commercially viable and safe light indoors. He is also
the inventor of the Phonograph and one of the pioneers in the

American motion picture industry

Early Life
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in the bustling
port of Milan, Ohio, the United States. He was the seventh son of
Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804–1896) and Nancy Edison (1810–
1871), and one of the four to survive to adulthood. His father was born
to a Loyalist refugee, who had partaken in the War of 1812 as captain
of the First Middlesex Regiment. The family moved to Ontario (then
called Upper Canada) from Nova Scotia. After taking part in the
unsuccessful Mackenzie Rebellion of 1837, Samuel had crossed into
the United States through Michigan and eventually settled in Milan,
Ohio. The Edison patrilineal family line was Dutch, and the surname
had initially been “Edison.” After Thomas was born, the family moved
to Port Huron, Michigan.

Thomas Edison was a very hyperactive kid in his youth. His persistent
questioning and seemingly self-centered behavior did not work well
with the other children at school. Thomas stayed in school for about 12 weeks until his overworked and short
tempered teacher lost his patience with him. The teacher noted that Thomas Edison’s forehead was considerably
larger than average, and considered him an addle-brained individual. Thomas’s hyperactive behavior only made
matters worse, and his beloved mother had promptly withdrawn him from school, having become aware of the
situation. In a modern American scenario, it is possible that Thomas Edison would have been considered a
victim of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and prescribed a drug like Ritalin to keep him cooled

off.

Thomas Edison motivational success story: Thomas addition's success story is one of the stories that can
motivate anyone after experiencing failure. Thomas failed about 999 times to invent the lamp before he succeed
in doing it on the 1000th attempt. When people asked him how did you manage to keep going even though you
were failing all the time he replied telling them, each time it didn't work i used to say i discovered a new way
how to not invent the lamp. Thomas Edison success story should make you conclude that failure should never
stop you even if it occurred more than once.

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” — Charles R. Swindoll