David Alter
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About
Famous nineteenth century inventor who created the electric clock and the electric buggy. He invented a short range type of telephone, which was a forerunner of the Graham Bell telephone.
Before Fame
He graduated from the Reformed Medical School in New York City.
Trivia
He invented a method for extracting oil from coal and shale in 1858.
Family Life
He was married to Laura Rowley, and later to her sister Amanda Rowley, and had a total of thirteen children.
Associated With
He invented a popular telegraph one year before Samuel Morse created Morse code.
