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Find out more about the following scientist with the help of the internet.
Thomas Edison
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- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) an American inventor and businessman, has been described as America's greatest inventor.
- He invented the photograph in 1877 because of which he came to be known as 'The Wizard of Monto Park'. Thomas Edison had hearing problems during his childhood which persisted.
- The phonograph was the first machine that could record the sound of someone's voice and play it back. Edison recited the nursery rhyme 'Mary had a little lamb' and the phonograph played the words back to him.
- This was invented by a man whose hearing was poor and thought himself as deaf. It was Edison who designed a system of power plants.
- He has got 1093 patents to his credit. Many awards to his credit. Some of them are Franklin Medal, Albert Medal, Technical Grammy Award, etc.
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