Elisha Gray

Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dates from Wikidata (CC0)

Who was born first?

• Elisha Gray was born 1 year after Gaston Planté
• Elisha Gray was born 1 year after Samuel Langley
• Elisha Gray was born 1 year after Gottlieb Daimler
• Elisha Gray was born 1 year after Johann Philipp Reis
• Elisha Gray was born 2 years after Alfred Nobel

Timeline

1. Alfred NobelOctober 21, 1833 – December 10, 1896
2. Gaston PlantéApril 22, 1834 – May 21, 1889
3. Gottlieb DaimlerMarch 17, 1834 – March 6, 1900
4. Johann Philipp ReisJanuary 7, 1834 – January 14, 1874
5. Samuel LangleyAugust 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906
6. Elisha Gray (this page)August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901

Related

• Albert EinsteinMarch 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
• Leonardo da VinciApril 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519
• Galileo GalileiFebruary 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
• Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
• Archimedescirca 287 BC – 212 BC
• Steve JobsFebruary 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011
• Nikola TeslaJuly 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943
• Henry FordJuly 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947