Antonio Meucci

@Inventor of Voice-communication Apparatus, Timeline and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Antonio Meucci was one of the renowned scientists of the 18th century who is credited with many inventions like Hygrometer American Italian Inventors & Discoverers Aries Celebrities Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci was a well-known inventor born in Italy in the eighteenth century. He was not born in a well-to-do family and had to opt out of full-time education. But his financial condition did not deter him from pursuing education and he worked some odd jobs to pay for his studies. In all the jobs he was engaged in, he experimented with technology and invented devices and systems which helped in scientific advancement. Once he was appointed as a stage technician at the ‘Teatro della Pergola’ theatre and there he experimented with technology and invented a communicating device ranging from control room to the stage. He was later employed at a medical clinic and there too he invented a device to treat rheumatic patients. In this method, electric shocks were given to the patients in order to provide them relief, and while working on this system he conceived the idea of creating a new device which would make incoherent voices clearly audible. He also dabbled with entrepreneurship and established a candle factory, but this venture was shut down due to financial constraints. Meucci’s poverty hindered his inventions in a huge way and though he successfully invented many new devices, he could not patent these under his name. One such device was his communicating apparatus which many regard as the first telephonic device.

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Birthday: April 13, 1808 Died on: October 18, 1889 Nationality: Italian, American Famous: Inventor of Voice-communication Apparatus, Inventors & Discoverers Known as: Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci Universities: Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze Discoveries / Inventions: Telephone-like Device Information Detail Birthday April 13, 1808 Died on October 18, 1889 Nationality Italian, American Famous Inventor of Voice-communication Apparatus, Inventors & Discoverers Known as Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci Universities Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze Discoveries / Inventions Telephone-like Device Birth Place Florence Born Country Italy Gender Male Sun Sign Aries Born in Florence Famous as Inventor of voice-communication apparatus Died at Age 81

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Antonia Meucci married Esterre Mochi, who was a dress designer at the ‘Gran’ theatre on 7th August, 1837. Unsplash Personal Life

His wife was infected with rheumatoid arthritis and as a result did not have a good health. He devised his telephonic apparatus initially, in order to communicate with his wife from further corners of their house. In 1884, Esterre succumbed to death after a prolonged illness. Unsplash Personal Life

On 18th October, 1889, this eminent scientist breathed his last in Clifton located in Staten Island, New York City. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born to Domenica Pepi and Amatis Meucci on 13th April, 1808, in Florence, Tuscany. Antonio was the eldest child of his parents and had eight siblings, and only four of his siblings attained adulthood. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He enrolled at the ‘Florence Academy of Fine Arts’ as a student of mechanical and chemical engineering. However, he had to drop out from regular education two years later, owing to financial constraints. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He managed to get employment at the Florentine government where he did odd jobs and at the same time continued to study with correspondence course. Unsplash Career

Later, he earned the post of a stage technician with the opera house ‘Teatro della Pergola’ where he was a subordinate of Artemio Canovetti. Unsplash Career

He designed an apparatus in 1834, which would help people to communicate from the control room of the theatre to the people on the stage. This was based on the concept of the speaking tube which was used on ships and is still in use. Unsplash Career

During 1833-34, Antonio was jailed for a brief period, along with politician Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi, as he was charged with associations with the ‘Italian Unification Movement’. Unsplash Career

He travelled to Cuba along with his wife in 1835, and there he got employed at the ‘Great Tacón Theater’, Havana. There he renovated the ‘Gran’ theatre and also devised a method to purify water. Unsplash Career

He has made many important inventions which have been recognized and have been a step ahead in the world of science. However, the invention for which he is better known is his telephonic apparatus which he reportedly designed in 1860s. This invention and the day of its invention, generates disputes as to who was the first creator of the communicating device. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	April 13, 1808
Died on	October 18, 1889
Nationality	Italian, American
Famous	Inventor of Voice-communication Apparatus, Inventors & Discoverers
Known as	Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci
Universities	Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
Discoveries / Inventions	Telephone-like Device
Birth Place	Florence
Born Country	Italy
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Aries
Born in	Florence
Famous as	Inventor of voice-communication apparatus
Died at Age	81

Antonio Meucci

Italian

Apr 13, 1808

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