Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)
was born in in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron,
Michigan.        

        
 
He was an American inventor and businessman who developed
many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass
communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.

These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion
picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb,
have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized
world.

Edison’s first successful model of light bulb, used in
public demonstration at Menlo Park, December 1879.