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Frederick Allan (Allan) Gower (c1852-1885)
Inventor of the Gower-Bell telephone
American citizen who moved to the UK in the 1880s
Born in Providence, Rhode Island
Married Lillian Nordica
1885 July 18th. Died in a ballooning accident after he took off from Cherbourg.
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