Charles Sumner Tainter
BornApril 25, 1854 (1854-04-25)
Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 20, 1940 (1940-04-21) (aged 85)
San Diego, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotophone, phonograph
Father Of The Speaking Machine
Spouse(s)Lila R. Munro, 1886
Laura F. Onderdonk, 1928