Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio ... Edison was encouraged to read and developed a strong interest in reading, in subjects ranging from Western history to general science. Like many ...

You probably learned in school that Thomas Edison was the first human voice recorded, reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb. As it turns out though, that’s not strictly true. Edison might have been ...

Edison's kids were issued a daily quota of encyclopedia-reading and other intellectual tasks. It’s believed that Thomas Jr. found this environment to be oppressive, having neither the ambition ...

Inventor, businessman and Ohio’s Own! Thomas Edison may have grown up in “that state up north,” but he was born and spent his ...