Johann Philipp Reis

Johann Philipp Reis (January 7, 1834 – January 24, 1874), was born in Gelnhausen, Germany, as son to a poor baker. He was self-taught scientist and inventor who constructed one of the first working telephones. (See Reis' telephone).

References

Much of the above was adapted from John Munro's Heroes of the Telegraph published in 1891.

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