Though Thomas Alva Edison’s creations and ingenuity are legendary, most don’t realize that Edison almost wasn’t the world’s greatest inventor. A curious and reckless child, young Edison ...

<p>Feb. 11, 1847 to Oct. 18, 1931</p><p>Almost entirely self-educated, Thomas Alva Edison began experimenting in the cellar of his family home around the age of 10.</p><p>In 1914, it was announced ...

Charles Edison Home Movies 3 by Thomas Edison NHP on YouTube Edison died on October 18, 1931, three months after the video was taken. He was 84.

In 1955, Thomas A. Edison Inc. donated the laboratory complex to the National Park Service for preservation. By 1962, the site was designated a National Historical Park that includes both the lab ...