where was thomas edison born?
Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. He was nicknamed âAlâ at an early age. At age 11, Edison moved to Michigan where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Thomas Edison struggled in school but learned to love reading and conducting experiments from his mother who taught him at home. At age 15, Edison became a âtramp telegrapher,â sending and receiving messages via Morse code, an electronically conveyed alphabet using different clicks for each letter.