Original: Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci (; April 13, 1808 - October 18, 1889) was a compatriot of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, and an inventor, best known for developing a voice communication apparatus which several sources credit as the first telephone.
Simplified: Antonio Meucci (Florence, April 13, 1808 â "October 18, 1889) was an Italian born American inventor. He invented of one of the first types of telephone developed a voice communication apparatus in 1857.