Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. Wikipedia Born : February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio, United States Died : October 18, 1931, Llewellyn Park, New Jersey, United States Education : Cooper Union (1875–1879) Children : Charles Edison , Thomas Alva Edison Jr. , MORE Did you know : Thomas Edison is the 10th-most prolific inventor in the world by # of patent families held (1084). wikipedia.org Quotes I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. 今天是這位門羅公園的魔術師紀念日 50年代台灣還有年度的紀念愛迪生的演講會.胡適之先生擔任過講師.....1962年發明第一粒紅光二極體（LED，light emitting diodes），這是繼愛迪生發明電燈之後，最重要的燈光科技大躍進。 愛迪生的傳記可參考新潮文庫版....