Marcellus Bailey
Encyclopedia
Marcellus Bailey was an American patent attorney
who, with Anthony Pollok
, helped prepare Alexander Graham Bell
's patent
s for the telephone
and related inventions.
, Marcellus Bailey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio
, and was a major in the Union Army
during the Civil War
. After the war he studied law at the Columbian College Law Department (now the George Washington University Law School), and graduated in 1866.
Bailey became a patent attorney and continued his patent law practice for almost 55 years until his death. When Alexander Graham Bell began work on the telephone, Bailey was a partner of patent attorney Anthony Pollok in the law firm of Pollok & Bailey. Bell's patron and future father-in-law Gardiner Hubbard paid Pollok and Bailey to work on Bell's patent applications and patents.
Bailey was a founding member of the Metropolitan Club, and President of the Alibi Club.
The Alexander Graham Bell Papers collection at the Library of Congress contain letters from Bell to Pollok and Bailey regarding Bell's patents for the telephone.
Bailey is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown.
Improvement in Transmitters and Receivers for Electric Telegraphs, Bell patent filed March 6, 1875, issued April 1875 (multiplexing signals on a single wire) Improvement in Telegraphy, Bell patent filed February 14, 1876, issued March 7, 1876 (Bell's first telephone patent) Improvement in Telephonic Telegraph Receivers, Bell patent filed April 1876, issued June 1876 Improvement in Generating Electric Currents Bell patent filed August 1876, issued August 1876 Electric Telegraphy Bell patent filed January 15, 1877, issued January 30, 1877
Patent attorney
A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition...
who, with Anthony Pollok
Anthony Pollok
Anthony Pollok was an American patent attorney who, with Marcellus Bailey, helped prepare Alexander Graham Bell's patents for the telephone and related inventions.- Biography :...
, helped prepare Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....
's patent
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s for the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
and related inventions.
Biography
The son of abolitionist and National Era editor Gamaliel BaileyGamaliel Bailey
Gamaliel Bailey was an American journalist and abolitionist.-Biography:Born and raised in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, Bailey moved with his family to Philadelphia when at the age of nine. He graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1827...
, Marcellus Bailey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
, and was a major in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. After the war he studied law at the Columbian College Law Department (now the George Washington University Law School), and graduated in 1866.
Bailey became a patent attorney and continued his patent law practice for almost 55 years until his death. When Alexander Graham Bell began work on the telephone, Bailey was a partner of patent attorney Anthony Pollok in the law firm of Pollok & Bailey. Bell's patron and future father-in-law Gardiner Hubbard paid Pollok and Bailey to work on Bell's patent applications and patents.
Bailey was a founding member of the Metropolitan Club, and President of the Alibi Club.
The Alexander Graham Bell Papers collection at the Library of Congress contain letters from Bell to Pollok and Bailey regarding Bell's patents for the telephone.
Bailey is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown.
See also
- Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....
- Anthony PollokAnthony PollokAnthony Pollok was an American patent attorney who, with Marcellus Bailey, helped prepare Alexander Graham Bell's patents for the telephone and related inventions.- Biography :...
- Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell telephone controversy
Some patents that Pollok & Bailey prosecuted
issued May 17, 1887, basic patent for arc welding, inventors Benardos & OlszewskiImprovement in Transmitters and Receivers for Electric Telegraphs, Bell patent filed March 6, 1875, issued April 1875 (multiplexing signals on a single wire) Improvement in Telegraphy, Bell patent filed February 14, 1876, issued March 7, 1876 (Bell's first telephone patent) Improvement in Telephonic Telegraph Receivers, Bell patent filed April 1876, issued June 1876 Improvement in Generating Electric Currents Bell patent filed August 1876, issued August 1876 Electric Telegraphy Bell patent filed January 15, 1877, issued January 30, 1877