Biography on MSN

At 15, Thomas Edison Pulled a Child From a Train—That Rescue Changed the Course of History.

Edison is one of the most successful inventors in history. But did you know that he got his start thanks to a good deed ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

More than a light bulb: Thomas Edison biography illuminates wide range

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Given that inventor Thomas Edison had a curious mind, maybe it’s fitting that with “Edison,” author Edmund Morris has given ...
Moviefone

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as ...
The Washington Post

Thomas Edison’s brilliant life, told in reverse

Charles Trueheart is a contributing editor at the American Scholar. Biography as literature lost one of its modern masters when Edmund Morris died in May. His magnum opus on Theodore Roosevelt, begun ...