He was a famous inventor. He was born in Mila (Ohio) on the 11th of February, 1847 and was an inventor and a businessman in United States. At ten years old he already had a chemistry laboratory. At thirteen years old he moved to Toronto ,where he found a job as a telegraphist. He is a famous person because he invented the light bulb in 1897. In the past the light bulb was different from the ones today. He died on the 8th of October,1931 in New Jersey.
