THOMAS ALVA EDISON Thomas Edison’s life was filled with exciting things that most people will not even experience in theirs. He was one the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. He had many inventions during his inventing career but he was most famous for ones like electric lighting, the phonograph, and improvements to the telephone. He was also a good businessman. His life was extremely eventful for an inventor in the late 19th …showed first 75 words of 1029 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1029 total…was honored throughout the world. France appointed him to the Legion of Honor in 1878, and the U.S. Congress presented him with the medal of honor in 1928. He was surrounded by a business idea that encouraged his self promotion. He often made claims and promises, and was left under pressure to fulfill them. But he still met many of his promises and gained a great reputation for his services to the public as a whole.