Benjamin Thornton
Created an Answering Machine Device.
In 1935, Benjamin Thornton created a device that could be attached to a telephone and could be set to record a voice message from a caller. By utilizing a clock attachment, the machine could also forward the messages as well as keep track of the time they were made.
This device was the predecessor of today’s answering machine.
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