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Amos Dolbear
William Gray
George Willard Coy
Developed first local exchange
Associates: Thomas B. Doolittle
George Willard Coy (November 13, 1836 – January 15 or 23, 1915) was an American mechanic, inventor and entrepreneur. He ran the first commercial telephone exchange in 1878 and was involved in the production of the first telephone directory.
Coy was born on November 13, 1836, in Freedom, Maine. He was a first sergeant in Company D, 56th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
On January 28, 1878, the first telephone switchboard went into operation in New Haven, Connecticut. It was set up by Coy, Herrick P. Frost, and Walter Lewis and with an… More on Wikipedia →
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