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  1. Thomas Augustus Watson (January 18, 1854 – December 13, 1934) was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone in 1876. Life and work. Watson in his later years, holding Bell's original telephone.

  2. Thomas Watson (1620-1686), ejected divine, was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was remarkable for hard study. After residing for some time with the family of Mary, the widow of Sir Horace Vere, baron Tilbury, he was appointed in 1646 to preach at St. Stephen’s, Walbrook.

  3. Jan 18, 2021 · Thomas Augustus Watson (1854-1934) On January 18, 1854, American telephone pioneer and shipbuilder Thomas Augustus Watson was born. He is best known because, as the recipient of the first telephone call being the assistant of Alexander Graham Bell.

  4. Mar 10, 2011 · 1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call in his Boston laboratory, summoning his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, from the next room.

  5. Thomas Augustus Watson was an American telephone pioneer and shipbuilder, one of the original organizers of the Bell Telephone Company, who later turned to shipbuilding and constructed a number of vessels for the United States government.

  6. Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686) was an English Puritan preacher and author. He was ejected from his London parish after the Restoration, but continued to preach privately. Education and career. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, [1] where he was noted for remarkably intense study.

  7. Thomas Watson (1620-1686) was an English non-conformist Puritan preacher and author. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was noted for remarkably intense study. In 1646 he commenced a sixteen year pastorate at St. Stephen’s, Walbrook.