Thomas Edison listening to a phonograph through a primitive headphone Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images He spent his spare time reading in Detroit’s library and created his own small newspaper that he hawked on the train, earning extra income for the family and to fund his hobbies. Young “Al” got a job selling candy, newspapers and magazines on the train, traveling back and forth to Detroit several days a week.
In 1859, the Grand Trunk Railroad built a stop in Port Huron, connecting it to the city of Detroit some 100 miles away. He believed his hearing loss allowed him to avoid distractions and more easily concentrate on his work. He developed hearing problems at an early age, through illness or an accident, which he later credited with helping, and not hindering, his success. Edison's entrepreneurial streak started at a young ageĮdison became fascinated with technology as a child and spent hours working on experiments at home. His former schoolteacher mother home-schooled him, and he made use of his father’s small library, developing a lifelong love of reading. Modern-day historians and medical professionals have surmised that Edison may have had Attention-Deficiency/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. He was a bright child but struggled with traditional teaching methods of the time, and only briefly attended public school. The youngest of seven children, young Edison was known as “Al” to friends and family.
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in the small town of Milan, Ohio, before moving with his family to Port Huron, Michigan in 1854.
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