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|The Biography of Thomas Edison |
|"... Thomas Edison was more responsible than any one else for creating the modern world .... No one did more to shape the physical/cultural |
|makeup of present day civilization.... Accordingly, he was the most influential figure of the millennium...." |
|The Heroes Of The Age: Electricity And Man |
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|Contrary to popular belief, Thomas Edison was not born into poverty in a backwater mid-western town. Actually, he was born -on Feb. 11, 1847 -|
|to middle-class parents in the bustling port of Milan, Ohio, a community that - next to Odessa, Russia - was the largest wheat shipping center|
|in the world. In 1854, his family moved to the vibrant city of Port Huron, Michigan, which ultimately surpassed the commercial preeminence of |
|both Milan and Odessa.... |
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