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"I have not heard a bird sing since I was twelve years old," Edison wrote, and he described himself as being deaf.
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One of his sons co-founded the Conservative Party of New York.
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Homeschooled as a child, Thomas Edison started working early as successful telegraph operator but his deafness force him to move beyond that occupration, which increasingly depended on the ability to hear sounds.
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His personal favorite was the phonograph -- which Edison invented despite being mostly deaF -- and Edison's presentation of this at age 30 so astounded the world that he was nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park."
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His deafness led him to become an inventor and leave his successful career as a telegraph operator as it increasingly depended on the ability to hear sounds.
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Edison also founded the first commercial electric lighting company, the Edison Illuminating Company for New York City in 1880.
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Edison created a battery for the Model T, and was greatly admired by Henry Ford; Edison also founded an electric car company that was ahead of its time.
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By the time he was in his 30s, Edison was the most famous American worldwide.
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→External links: added Modern inventors who obtained more patents than Edison
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