Elisha Gray
American engineer
Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois. Wikipedia
Born: August 2, 1835, Barnesville, OH
Died: January 21, 1901 (age 65 years), Newtonville, Newton, MA
Award: Elliott Cresson Medal (1897)