Johann Philipp Reis was a self-taught German scientist and inventor. In 1861, he constructed the first make-and-break telephone, today called the Reis telephone. It was the first device to transmit a voice via electronic signals and for that the... Wikipedia
Born: January 7, 1834, Gelnhausen, Germany
Died: January 14, 1874 (age 40 years), Gelnhausen, Germany
Parents: Marie Katharine Glöckner and Karl Sigismund Reis
Education: Philipp-Reis-Schule (1848)