Thomas Alva Edison

"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."

– Thomas Alva Edison, Harper’s Monthly (September 1932)

Born

February 11, 1847

Milan, Ohio

Died

October 18, 1931 (aged 84) West Orange, New Jersey

Occupation

inventor, scientist, businessman

Religion

Deist

Spouse(s)

Mary Stilwell (m. 1871–1884)

Mina Edison (m. 1886–1931)

Children

Marion Estelle Edison (1873–1965)

Thomas Alva Edison Jr. (1876–1935)

William Leslie Edison (1878–1937)

Madeleine Edison (1888–1979)

Charles Edison (1890-1969)

Theodore Miller Edison (1898-1992)

Parents

Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804–1896)

Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871)

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