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title: "Who invented the Telephone?"  
description: "Who invented the Telephone?"  
author: "Harsh Srivastava"  
published: 2018-08-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49202/who-invented-the-telephone  
category: "innovation, discovery and technology"  
tags: ["innovation, discovery and technology"]  
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# Who invented the Telephone?

Who [invented the Telephone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101301/who-invented-the-telephone-and-when)?\
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## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**“Alexander Graham Bell” invented the first practical [Telephone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48929/what-year-was-telephone-invented-and-how)**. Before Graham Bell, many other peoples tried their hands in the [invention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49649/who-is-louis-braille) of Telephone by they didn’t succeed in developing the practical version of the Telephone. People who tried to develop the Telephone are as following; Charles Grafton Page, Innocenzo Manzetti, Charles Bourseul, Johann Philipp Reis, Antonio Meucci.

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Alexander Graham Bell was a [Scientist](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40064/which-scientist-got-a-record-of-patents-for-his-discoveries), Innovator, Inventor, [Engineer](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44775/what-is-scope-of-aerospace-engineering) and Professor [Teacher](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40390/which-environment-quiz-will-be-launched-at-national-level-on-teacher-s-day-by-ministry-of-environment-forests-climate-change-govt-of-india) of the deaf and was **born in Scotland on March 3, 1847**. In 1885, the ‘American Telephone and Telegraph Company’ (AT&T) was founded by him. His mother and wife both were deaf, which inspired Bell to research on hearing and speech and lead him to be **awarded the first U.S. Patent for the Telephone in 1876**. **An Innovators Awards has been introduced in India on his name “Aegis Graham Bell Award” recognizes good work by innovators in India**. Awards are given to innovators in IT and [Telecom Sector](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44600/which-parliamentary-committee-has-suggested-merger-of-state-run-telecom-firms-bsnl-and-mtnl-for-their-long-term-survival) from the year 2010. \


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