Charles Sumner Tainter

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Charles Sumner Tainter was an American inventor and scientist best known for his pioneering work in sound and communication technologies during the late 19th century.

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Charles Sumner Tainter canonical 5

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instanceOf American engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
awardReceived John Scott Medal ⓘ
burialPlace San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: San Diego
collaboratedWith Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ
Chichester Bell ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1844-04-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1940-04-20 ⓘ
employer Volta Laboratory ⓘ
era late 19th century ⓘ
familyName Tainter ⓘ
fieldOfWork acoustics ⓘ
sound recording ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
fullName Charles Sumner Tainter ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner_Tainter ⓘ
influencedDomain audio recording industry ⓘ
telecommunications technology ⓘ
knownFor development of the graphophone ⓘ
improvements to the phonograph ⓘ
pioneering work in sound and communication technologies ⓘ
work on the photophone ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement co-development of the first practical sound recording on wax cylinders ⓘ
notableWork graphophone ⓘ
photophone ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
patentHolderOf improvements in phonograph-type devices ⓘ
improvements in sound recording and reproducing instruments ⓘ
placeOfBirth Watertown, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
residence San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
workLocation Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Photophone → inventedBy → Charles Sumner Tainter ⓘ
subject linked to: photophone
Photophone → patentFiledBy → Charles Sumner Tainter ⓘ
subject linked to: photophone
Volta Laboratory → foundedBy → Charles Sumner Tainter ⓘ
Charles Sumner Tainter → fullName → Charles Sumner Tainter ⓘ