1853 - 1916
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First Name |
Alex
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Last Name |
Taylor
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Birthday |
17th May, 1853
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Birthplace |
Ottawa, Ontario
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Died |
16th February, 1916
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Place of Death |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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Nationality |
Canadian
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Occupation Text |
telegrapher, meteorologist
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Occupation |
Business
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Alexander Taylor (May 17, 1853 – February 12, 1916) was a Canadian entrepreneur, inventor and politician. He is credited as being one of the founders of the city of Edmonton. Taylor was born in on May 17, 1853, in Ottawa, Ontario, and came to Edmonton in 1877. Shortly after his arrival in Edmonton, Taylor established the first telegraph, telephone, and electricity systems. Taylor asked the Bell Telephone Company to provide services in 1883. Alex Taylor, Dominion Telegraph Agent, brought the first two telephones made of Spanish mahogany, and asked store owner Henry William McKenney of St. Albert to keep the device in St. Albert. Taylor, who, at the time was working for the Dominion Telegraph and Signal Service proposed running a telephone line from his office to St. Albert, Alberta.
January 3, 1885, the two tested the line, the first
successful call in Northern Alberta. He founded Edmonton's first telephone company and made Edmonton's first telephone call. In 1892, Taylor installed a switchboard and Jennie Lauder became Edmonton's first telephone operator overseeing a system of 14 telephones. In 1893, the Edmonton District Telephone Company
was granted a charter and less than a decade later it was operational 24 hours a day and provided service to nearby rural areas.
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