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Thomas Edison Thomas Edison the Quintessential American Inventor Thomas Edison was the quintessential American inventor. Born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio into a modest family, Edison grew up amidst three large-scale transformations that shaped his life. The first was rapid growth of the transportation and information networks, second was the managerial revolution that saw large corporations dominate the economy, and lastly he saw the development of a rural to urban move that brought about a change in the way Americans consumed goods. Growing up in a fast changing society made Edison industrious, develop ingenuity; intuition, and determination, characteristics that made him the quintessential American inventor. At a young Edison was destined for success. It started with his determination at helping the family by working the family farm bringing in $600 one year. Next, young Edison started with what would become his career and that was working in the communication field delivering newspapers. It is amazing that Edison as a paperboy would catch a train at 7 a.m. in the morning and would return with his papers back home as late as 9 p.m., many hours for a young child. Edison showed a knack for business at this early edison, phonograph, edison’s, world, success, lighting, one, music, inventor, back, american, about, through, thomas, power, papers, machine, lead, inventions, ingenuity, gas, young, working, work, wanted, time, started, quintessential, put, problem, paper, made, life, inventors, industry