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
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electrical engineer → human → inventor → |
| associatedWith |
Bell Telephone controversy
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| burialPlace |
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
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| coFounded |
Western Electric Manufacturing Company
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| competedWith |
Alexander Graham Bell
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1835-08-02
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| dateOfDeath |
1901-01-21
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| dateOfPatentCaveatFiling |
1876-02-14
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| developed |
multiple telegraph system
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water transmitter telephone → |
| educatedAt |
Oberlin College
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| era |
19th century
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| familyName |
Gray
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| fieldOfWork |
electrical engineering
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telegraphy → telephony → |
| filedPatentCaveatFor |
telephone transmitting device
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| givenName |
Elisha
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| hasInfluenced |
Western Electric corporate history
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development of telephone industry → |
| hasPatentOn |
electrical signaling devices
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harmonic telegraph apparatus → telegraph relays and switches → |
| knownFor |
controversy over invention of the telephone
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early telephone technology → pioneering work in telegraphy → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| maritalStatus |
married
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| memberOf |
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
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| notableWork |
early telephone prototype
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harmonic telegraph → |
| numberOfPatents |
approximately 70
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| occupation |
electrical engineer
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entrepreneur → inventor → |
| placeOfBirth |
Barnesville, Ohio
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| placeOfDeath |
Newtonville, Massachusetts
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| religion |
Quaker
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| residence |
Cleveland, Ohio
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Highland Park, Illinois → |
| sexOrGender |
male
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| spouse |
Delia Minerva Shepard
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| workLocation |
Highland Park, Illinois
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Referenced by (1)
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Western Electric
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foundedBy |