Franklin Leonard Pope
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Franklin Leonard Pope (2 December 1840 – 13 October 1895) was an American engineer, explorer, and inventor.
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He was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the son of Ebenezer Pope and Electra Wainwright. He was a telegrapher, electrical engineer, explorer, inventor, and patent attorney.
He was also a major contributor to the technological advances of the 19th century ([1]). He was one of the leaders of the explorations related to the Collins Overland Telegraph, otherwise known as the Russian American Telegraph ([2]).
Pope was a mentor of Thomas Edison[citation needed].
He married Sarah Amelia Dickinson on 6 August 1873, and they had three children, two daughters and a son.
He died as a result of an accidental electrocution in the basement of his West Avenue home in Great Barrington, aged 54.
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