Nick Bhatti American History 202 Section Thomas A. Edison and the Modernization of America Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, was an American inventor who made many contributions to society and helped revolutionize the way we communicate. Despite Edison’s informal education and his inability to hold a job, his contributions and inventions had profound effects on the shaping of modern society. Growing up outside of Port Huron, Michigan, Edison did not have easy access to receiving a …showed first 75 words of 871 total…

…showed last 75 words of 871 total…phonograph machine, electric motor, telephone repeater, kinetograph and projecting kinetoscope, and the incandescent electric lamp, just to name a few. His last patent was granted to him to years after his death. Thomas Edison, his lack of respect for authority if you will, and his focus on observation as opposed to memorization lead him to experimentations. From his experiments, his inventions were fabricated, which affected the way in which modern society was shaped. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**