Edward a Calahan - wikipedia Edward a Calahan Edward A. Calahan 1838 Boston, Massachusetts 1912 ( aged 73 -- 74 ) Nationality American Occupation Inventor Known for Invention of a ticker tape, gold and stock tickers, multiplex telegraph system Edward Augustin Calahan ( 1838 -- 1912 ) was an American inventor, credited with invention of a ticker tape, gold and stock tickers, and a multiplex telegraph system. Calahan was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He left school at the age of 11 to pursue his interest to be part of a modern business. Calahan came to New York City in 1861 and made his residence in Brooklyn. He joined as chief telegrapher in Western Union telegraph company 's New York office at Manhattan. While working with Western Union, he encountered a group of rushing messenger boys which inspired him to improve exchange communications. These young men called runners had to dash from the Stock Exchange to their offices to report the changes in share values. Calahan realized that the prices could be sent directly via telegraph to each broker 's office much more quickly and efficiently in a permanent stream of information. With the idea, he invented the ticker tape in 1867. He was inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006 for this invention. References ^ Jump up to : New York Times : E.A. CALAHAN, INVENTOR, DIES ; Originator of Gold and Stock Ticker and Multiplex Telegraph System. September 13, 1912 ^ Jump up to : Hall of fame ; inventor profile ; Edward Augustin Calahan ; Improvement in Telegraphic Indicators ; Patent No. 76,157 Jump up ^ Connected earth : Calahan, Edward Augustin ; In 1867 Edward Calahan invented the first machine to print out the price of stocks and shares over telegraph wires. Jump up ^ Patent number : 76157 ; Issue date : Mar 31, 1868 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_A._Calahan&oldid=862336890 '' Categories : 1838 births 1912 deaths American inventors National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Edit links This page was last edited on 3 October 2018, at 18 : 44 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who invent the first stock tricker in 1867
Answer: Edward Augustin Calahan