Elisha Gray

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Elisha Gray was a 19th-century American electrical engineer and inventor, best known as a pioneer in telegraphy and early telephone technology.


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instanceOf American engineer
electrical engineer
human
inventor
associatedWith Bell Telephone controversy
burialPlace Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
coFounded Western Electric Manufacturing Company
competedWith Alexander Graham Bell
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1835-08-02
dateOfDeath 1901-01-21
dateOfPatentCaveatFiling 1876-02-14
developed multiple telegraph system
water transmitter telephone
educatedAt Oberlin College
era 19th century
familyName Gray
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
telegraphy
telephony
filedPatentCaveatFor telephone transmitting device
givenName Elisha
hasInfluenced Western Electric corporate history
development of telephone industry
hasPatentOn electrical signaling devices
harmonic telegraph apparatus
telegraph relays and switches
knownFor controversy over invention of the telephone
early telephone technology
pioneering work in telegraphy
languageSpoken English
maritalStatus married
memberOf American Institute of Electrical Engineers
notableWork early telephone prototype
harmonic telegraph
numberOfPatents approximately 70
occupation electrical engineer
entrepreneur
inventor
placeOfBirth Barnesville, Ohio NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Newtonville, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
religion Quaker
residence Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED
Highland Park, Illinois
sexOrGender male
spouse Delia Minerva Shepard
workLocation Highland Park, Illinois

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Western Electric
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