caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name
charles tilston bright c. 1858 3 may 1888 abbey wood wanstead , essex 150px united kingdom 8 june 1832 transatlantic telegraph cable charles tilston bright.jpg charles tilston bright
 sir charles tilston bright
charles tilston bright

sir charles tilston bright -lrb- 8 june 1832 -- 3 may 1888 -rrb- was a british electrical engineer who oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858 , for which work he was knighted .
