Charles Sumner Tainter
(1854-1940)
American businessman
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Charles Sumner Tainter (April 25, 1854 – April 20, 1940) was an American scientific instrument maker, engineer and inventor, best known for his collaborations with Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, Alexander's father-in-law Gardiner Hubbard, and for his significant improvements to Thomas Edison's phonograph, resulting in the Graphophone, one version of which was the first Dictaphone.
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25 April 1854 Watertown, Massachusetts
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| Died |
20 April 1940 (aged 85) San Diego, California, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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