Carlos Henry Bosdet

Carlos Henry Bosdet Fixott was an electrical engineer, born in 1857.[1] He was the first person to install and introduce the telephone in Mexico during President Porfirio Diaz's term in office.[2][3][4][5][6]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bosdet and the second or maternal family name is Fixott.
Born Sept. 2, 1857.
Ericsson phone in the Palace Museum of Cortés in Cuernavaca, Morelos.

Early life

Carlos Henry Bosdet Fixott, was born on September 2, 1857, in Arichat, Nova Scotia, his parents were English from the Isle of Jersey.[7] He graduated from McGill University with a degree in electrical engineering.

Career

Bosdet Fixott was hired by the Ericsson Telephone Company, and sent to Mexico.[7] He was sent to Mexico to install the first telephone line connecting Chapultepec Castle with the National Palace of Mexico on February 16, 1878, during the President Porfirio Diaz era. He stayed in Mexico, moving between different states to install telephone lines and by the end of the century there were five thousand units across Mexico. He is credited as bringing the first telephone lines to different states in Mexico, and prompted Ericsson Telephone Company, a Swedish company, to invest more in Mexico.

Personal life and death

Carlos married Susan Miller who he met in Puebla, she was the daughter of an Englishman from Manchester, England. He had three sons- Ernesto (1883), Carlos (1887) and Enrique (1893). He died in 1893, at the age of 36, as the result of complications from a bullfighting wound. His sons stayed in Mexico and some of his descendants continue to live in Mexico today.[8]

References
  1. 1871 Canadian Census
  2. CUERNAVACA, NOTIMEX/. "Rinden homenaje a introductor de teléfono en México". elsiglodetorreon.com.mx.
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  4. CUERNAVACA, NOTIMEX/. "Rinden homenaje a introductor de teléfono en México". elsiglodedurango.com.mx.
  5. am, Periódico. "Periódico am". Periódico am. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  6. MXCity (6 March 2016). "La primera llamada telefónica en México". mxcity.mx.
  7. "Bosdet family history - theislandwiki". www.theislandwiki.org.
  8. Insurgentepress Archived June 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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