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Birthplace Tour History Inventions Patents FAQs Membership Hours Museum Shop Order Form News Related Resources Site Map About This Site - AT&T Cares Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the phonograph, the incandescent light bulb, and many other devices that make our lives fuller and simpler, was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847. The Edison Birthplace Museum features a collection of rare Edisonia, ...