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I am often thought of as the one of the greatest inventors who ever lived. I am Thomas Alva edison
Background info
I was born February 11,1847 in Milan Ohio. I was the youngest of the seven children of Samuel Ogden Edison and Nancy matthews Elliott. My father was a activist from Canada. My mother was an accomplished school teacher and a major influence on my life. In 1878, i worked on a way to replace the gaslight and candle light on inventing a safe, inexpensive electric light to replace twas a challenge that scientists had been trying to envent a new light for over 50 years.With the help of wealthy J.P Morgan and the Vanderbilt family, I set up the Edison Electric Light Company and began