Almon Brown Strowger (February 11, 1839 – May 26, 1902) was an American inventor who gave his name to the Strowger switch, an electromechanical telephone...

the company that manufactured Strowger switches Almon Brown Strowger (1839–1902), who invented the principle of the Strowger switch in 1888 Stroger (disambiguation)...

founded in 1891 by Almon Brown Strowger. Because of its operational characteristics, it is also known as a step-by-step (SXS) switch. Strowger, an undertaker...

connections. The electromechanical automatic telephone exchange, invented by Almon Strowger in 1888, gradually replaced manual switchboards in central telephone...

March 1891: Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch the first Automatic telephone exchange. 30 October 1891: The independent Strowger Automatic Telephone...

umbrella of Lucent in the 1990s, and subsequently part of Nokia. In 1889, Almon Strowger, of Kansas City, Missouri, was inspired by the idea of manufacturing...

and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston. 1889 – Almon Strowger patents the direct dial 1877 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph...

General Almon Heath Read (1790–1844), American politician Almon Rennie (1882–1949), Canadian businessman and politician Almon Brown Strowger (1839–1902)...

that used manual switchboards for toll calls. On March 10, 1891, Almon Brown Strowger, an undertaker in Kansas City, Missouri, patented the stepping switch...

Bjarne Stroustrup (born 1950), Denmark – C++ (programming language) Almon Strowger (1839–1902), U.S. – automatic telephone exchange Emil Strub (1858–1909)...