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Explore Telephone Solar, Tone Telephone, and more! Dr. Shirley Jackson invented solar cell, fiber optic cables making caller id and call waiting possible, portable fax, and touch tone phone!
Who invented telephone? The first telephone was made by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. Historians believe that another inventor Elisha Gray also invented the telephone at the same time independently and both the inventors rushed to the patent office to get their invention patented but Graham Bell got the patent first on March 7, 1876. Graham bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh Scotland.