Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. Edison’s father, Samuel, was a shingle maker and land speculator, while his mother, Nancy, kept house and taught young Edison at home.

Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero. In 1896, shortly after building his quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to meet the famous inventor at a convention in New York. Edison, who was ...

Paul Muni got an Oscar for playing Pasteur, Leslie Howard looked furrowed and noble inventing the Spitfire, but Micky Rooney as the young Thomas Edison still seems an odd bid of casting.

A version of this article originally appeared on Most’s blog in 2015. Edison plays an important role in “The Race Underground.” He’s a brief mentor to a key character, Frank Julian ...

In 1896, Thomas Edison set off to a remote Canadian district near the Alaska border, with cameras in tow. He succeeded in capturing fascinating images of the prospectors brought in by the Gold Rush.

Yet while the novel unfolds between 1986 and 2002, “Edison” is no mere stroll down memory lane, but rather a journey toward the American dream via Oak Tree Road, around which an Indian ...

Commercialized in the late 1880s by Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, the wax-coated cardboard tubes could be reused. A variety of wax cylinder recordings before the turn of the 20th ...

(WFRV) – Students and faculty at Edison Middle School spent their Friday ... and further on as the continue their educational ...

In Spanish, parents call it encaminado: making sure your children are on the path to an independent adulthood. Out of Dan and Joana Moreno’s four grown children, only their daughter is ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...