Charles Sumner Tainter
19th and 20th-century American inventor and businessman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Sumner Tainter (April 25, 1854 – April 20, 1940) was an American scientific instrument maker, engineer and inventor, best known for his collaborations with Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, Alexander's father-in-law Gardiner Hubbard, and for his significant improvements to Thomas Edison's phonograph, resulting in the Graphophone, one version of which was the first Dictaphone.[1]
Charles Sumner Tainter | |
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Born | (1854-04-25)April 25, 1854 Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | April 20, 1940(1940-04-20) (aged 85) San Diego, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Photophone, phonograph Father of the Speaking Machine |
Spouse(s) | Lila R. Munro, 1886 Laura F. Onderdonk, 1928 |
Later in his career Tainter was associated with the International Graphopone Company of West Virginia,[2] and also managed his own research and development laboratory, earning him the title: 'Father Of The Talking Machine' (i.e.: father of the phonograph).[3]