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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Early telephone innovator
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
First President of Bell Telephone
Thomas B. Doolittle
Thomas B. Doolittle
Telephone and copper wire innovator
Charles Williams, Jr.
Charles Williams, Jr.
Telephone and telegraph manufacturer
Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray
Inventor and Bell competitor
William Orton
William Orton
Western Union President
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton
Western Electric co-founder
George May Phelps
George May Phelps
Telegraph and telephone innovator
Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens
Siemens founder
Amos Dolbear
Amos Dolbear
'Talking telegraph' developer
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Wireless telegraph (radio) inventor
Granville Woods
Granville Woods
Telegraphony developer

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