It was Thomas Alva Edison who invented the light bulb.
Thomas Alva Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847—October 18, 1931), born in Milan, Ohio, was an American inventor and entrepreneur.
Edison was the first person in human history to use a large number of production principles and electrical engineering research laboratories to engage in invention patents, which had a great and far-reaching impact on the world. The phonograph, movie camera and electric light he invented had a great influence on the world.
There were more than 2, inventions and more than 1, patents in his life. Edison was named the ninth among the 1 people who influenced the United States by the authoritative American periodical Atlantic Monthly.
Family life:
Edison is the son of a Canadian. His father is a descendant of an American Tory who fled to Canada after the War of Independence, and he is a farmer who knows carpentry skills. His mother worked as a teacher in the countryside. Edison is the youngest of seven children in the family. On April 9, 1871, Edison's mother died in Michigan at the age of 61.