
Edison was encouraged to read and developed a strong interest in reading, in subjects ranging from Western history to general science. His education came in large part at home where his mother taught and his father kept a library. His family moved from Ohio to Port Huron, Michigan, in 1854.Īs a boy, Edison attended school only briefly.


Because his siblings were more than 15 years older, Edison was the only child in the home and received the benefit of both parents’ dutiful attention. Edison was the youngest of seven children, only four of whom lived past their childhoods. Edison’s father, Samuel, was a shingle maker and land speculator, while his mother, Nancy, kept house and taught young Edison at home. Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847.

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, New Jersey, on Jat the Menlo Park Laboratory at The Henry Ford, Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, Michigan, on September 20, 2014, and at the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park in Edison, New Jersey, on October 24, 2015.
