Question: When was the Scottish-born scientist died after whose invention "Kōbushō" had started an effort to make telephone receivers?
Sentence (from "Oki Kibatarō"): In 1877, only a year after Alexander Graham Bell's invention, "Kōbushō" had started an effort to make telephone receivers by reverse engineering and Oki was in the team that came up with the first prototype.
Relevant evidence: Yes