Patrick Bernard

Patrick Bernard Delany (28 January 1845 – 19 October 1924, Nantucket) was an Irish-American electrician and inventor. Newspaper feature coverage in 1909 called him "the world's greatest telegraph expert and inventor."
He was born in King's County, Ireland (now Offaly). He came to the U.S. at the age of 10 and learned telegraphy in Hartford, Connecticut. Gradually he worked up from office boy to be superintendent of lines. In 1872 he and Thomas Edison worked together... plus