Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telephone and sold his patent to AT&T
He was the first person to patent the invention of the telephone>
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
The telephone, by Alexander Graham Bell.1876 - Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone beating Antonio Meucci by four hours.
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. The telephone was patented by Bell on March 7, 1876. Bell's patent filing beat a similar patent submission by Elisha Gray by a mere 2 hours.
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Alexander Graham Bell worked with Thomas Watson on the telephone. The telephone was Alexander Graham Bell's idea.
February 14, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both rushed to the patent office on February 14, 1876, to see who could file the patent for the telephone first. Bell's request was read first, and so the patent was granted to him on March 7 1876.
There is some controversy over who originally invented the telephone, but Alexander Graham Bell was awarded a patent for the telephone in 1876.