Thomas Edison - The Greatest Inventor of All Time
Homeschooled from the age of 8
Thomas Edison was Homeschooled. He was a Scientist and Inventor born in the 1850's, who loved to read.
When he was 8, his mother pulled him out of school and taught him herself when the Teacher told her he was "addled", a word used to describe eggs, which means rotted, scrambled and useless (making no chicks).
When he was 12 he started working on the trains selling newspapers, and during the civil war, at 14 started his own newspaper. Soon after he became a Telegrapher and moved to New York where he was already very well known for his newspapers.
Thomas was the inventor of:
the lightbulb
an electric stencil pen
a talking doll
a car battery
the phonograph
and the first ever motion picture recorder.
He remains the greatest inventor of all time. He even invented the clock in and out machine and greatly improved the telephone.
He worked very hard and long hours and had 6 children. His second wife's father was also an inventor who invented sign language. Thomas proposed to his wife using Morse code, which was how messages were wired across telegraphs for telegrams.
He was also friends with other great inventors such as Helen Keller and Henry Ford. Thomas was even an invited guest at the President’s home at the Whitehouse.Show moreShow less
Homeschooled from the age of 8
Thomas Edison was Homeschooled. He was a Scientist and Inventor born in the 1850's, who loved to read.
When he was 8, his mother pulled him out of school and taught him herself when the Teacher told her he was "addled", a word used to describe eggs, which means rotted, scrambled and useless (making no chicks).
When he was 12 he started working on the trains selling newspapers, and during the civil war, at 14 started his own newspaper. Soon after he became a Telegrapher and moved to New York where he was already very well known for his newspapers.
Thomas was the inventor of:
the lightbulb
an electric stencil pen
a talking doll
a car battery
the phonograph
and the first ever motion picture recorder.
He remains the greatest inventor of all time. He even invented the clock in and out machine and greatly improved the telephone.
He worked very hard and long hours and had 6 children. His second wife's father was also an inventor who invented sign language. Thomas proposed to his wife using Morse code, which was how messages were wired across telegraphs for telegrams.
He was also friends with other great inventors such as Helen Keller and Henry Ford. Thomas was even an invited guest at the President’s home at the Whitehouse. Show more Show less