List of Famous people with last name Tainter

Charles Sumner Tainter

First Name Charles

Last Name Tainter

Born on April 25, 1854

Died on April 20, 1940 (aged 85)

Born in United States of America, Massachusetts

Charles Sumner Tainter 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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