Thomas Alva Edison We have had many great inventors and Thomas Alva Edison is among them. The creator of many inventions including the electric lamp, stock printer, light bulb, phonograph, and literally hundreds of other useful inventions. Many different things in Edison’s life lead him to be such a great inventor including his family life, his personal choices, and numerous other factors. Many things during Thomas Edison’s family life guided him to a career as an inventor. When he was only seven and after only three months of schooling his mother pulled him from public school because of behavioral problems. She decided that she would home school Thomas and that is when he got