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Almon Brown Strowger
Inventor of the first successful telephone switching system
Almon Brown Strowger | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1839-02-11)February 11, 1839 Penfield, New York, United States |
| Died | May 26, 1902(1902-05-26) (aged 63) St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Inventor |
| Spouse | Susan Strowger |
Almon Brown Strowger (February 11, 1839 – May 26, 1902) was an American inventor who gave his name to the Strowger switch, an electromechanical telephone exchange technology that his invention and patent inspired.
Early years
Strowger was born in Penfield, New York, near Rochester, the grandson of the second settler and first miller in Penfield.
Almon strowger biography
Little is known about his early life. It is said that if his mother gave her children a task, Strowger and his brothers would often try to devise a machine to do the task for them. He taught school in Penfield for a time, and served in the 8th New York Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War.
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