- Born
- January 18, 1854
- Died
- December 13, 1934 (aged 80)
- Known as
- businessperson, inventor
Thomas Augustus Watson was an American inventor and assistant to Alexander Graham Bell in the invention of the telephone in 1876. Afterwards, he founded the Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company, which became a major shipyard during World War II.
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