Welcome to the alphabetical walkthrough of pioneers and personalities. You're now on letter S. Click through the rest of the alphabet to find out more about the people who've helped shape telecommunication as we know it today.
Pavel Schilling was a Russian engineer who created the first electromagnetic telegraph.
The Russian born Baron Pavel Schilling is one of the forgotten pioneers of the telegraph. He had developed a working needle telegraph four years before Cooke and Wheatstone - and a working code seven years before ...
Giles Gilbert Scott was a successful architect who designed the famous red telephone boxes used throughout Britain for most of the 20th century.
George Sharples was a successful businessman who installed the first telephone exchange in Preston.
William Shockley was one of the co-inventors of the transistor, which earned him the Nobel prize in 1956.
Robert Stephenson and his father built the first commercial railway locomotive - the Rocket.
Almon Strowger was an undertaker who created the first automatic telephone switching machine.
William Sturgeon invented the electro-magnet, which was essential to the development of the telegraph and the telephone.
Visit the updated Communicate! galllery at the National Museum of Scotland.
Discover the records behind the history of telecommunications as BT Heritage launches online catalogue.
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