1. Antonio Meucci (Antonio Meucci, 1808.4.13-1889.10.18), the inventor of the telephone, Italian. On June 15, 2002, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution recognizing Antonio Meucci as the inventor of the telephone. Meucci was therefore called the "Father of the Telephone."
2. In 1808, Antonio Meucci was born in the San Frediano area of ??Florence.
3. He studied art since childhood. He first worked as a stage technician at the Pergola Theater and studied mechanical engineering design at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts.
4. In 1834, when he learned that the Tacon Theater in Havana, Cuba needed a set designer, he took his young wife Estelle Mochi ( Ester Mochi moved to Cuba together.
5. In 1850, he moved to Staten Island (Staten Island), New York, USA and became a U.S. citizen.
6. At first, he made a living by producing sausages and sausages, but the business was not as prosperous as expected, and later he turned to the production of candles. Meanwhile, Muzzi and his wife Estelle lived in a white house on Staten Island, with 24 adorable cats. Soon, this place became a gathering place for many Italian revolutionaries, including the tenor Lorenzo Salvi and the soldier Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807~ 1882). Garibald lived in Meucci's house for three years. At that time, he replaced Meucci in the candle factory, because Meucci had devoted himself wholeheartedly to the experiment of his "talking machine". Because of his liberal and liberal ideological tendencies, he was not favored by the municipal authorities at the time.
7. Later, Meucci was exiled due to political issues. During this period, he tried hard to seek financial support, but was unable to do so due to his poor English proficiency. Later, he was severely burned in an accident on a ship. When he was about to win the patent for the telephone, he passed away with regret in 1889.