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Alexander Graham Bell
ByAndrew Freibert
Alexander Graham BellEarly Life
Date and Place of Birth
• Born March 3, 1847
• Edinburgh, Scotland
• He had the same name and birthday as his grandfather, Alexander Bell.
Alexander Graham BellEarly Life
Childhood• Alexander was not given a middle
name. • He chose his middle name to be
Graham after meeting a friend in Cuba at age 11.
• Alexander’s nickname was Alek.
Alexander Graham BellEarly Life
Education• Alek Bell attended universities in
London and Edinburgh. • At fifteen Alek moved to his
grandfather’s house in London. • There Alek was home schooled for one
year. • Alek thought learning was exciting with
his grandfather.
Alexander Graham BellAdulthood
Family• Alek had a father, mother, a brother
Melville and a little brother Edward• Edward died in 1876 of tuberculosis.
Three years later, • Melville died of the same disease.• Late in Alek’s life he married a lady
named Mable Hubbard.
Alexander Graham BellAdulthood
Occupation• Alek had two good jobs. • He was a very good inventor and
he was a speech teacher at the University of Boston.
Alexander Graham BellInteresting Facts
Contributions• In 1872, Alek Bell opened up a school at the
University of Boston, to teach deaf people to speak.
• Did you know that Alek worked with Helen Keller?
• Helen Keller dedicated her autobiography to him writing, “To Alexander Graham Bell who taught the deaf to speak…”
Alexander Graham BellInteresting FactsHelen Keller with Alexander Graham Bell
• Bell worked with Helen Keller when she was a young adult.
• Keller motivated Bell to invent the telephone.
• This is Alexander Graham Bell making a call to Watson who is across the country.
Alexander Graham BellInteresting Facts
Contributions• Teaching the deaf to speak was one of
his most important accomplishments.• Alek Bell had many contributions
besides inventing the telephone. • He also invented the speed boat, the
photo phone, and the metal detector.
Alexander Graham BellInteresting Facts
Ways Person is remembered• Alexander G. Bell is best remembered for the
invention of the telephone in 1876. • He and his partner, Thomas Watson,
successfully completed the first phone call saying the famous line, “Come here Watson, I want you.”
• On January 25, 1915, that same line was successfully spoken on a telephone from the east coast to west coast of the United States. Watson was in Sacramento, CA and Bell was in New York.
Alexander Graham BellInteresting Facts
Date of Death• August 2, 1922• When Alexander Bell died, the
nation silenced the phones ringing for one minute to honor the man who made phones possible. (www.ask.com)
Alexander Graham Bell's notebook entry of March 10, 1876 describes his successful experiment with the telephone-- speaking through the instrument to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in the next room. Copied from
Ask.com
Citations
• Alexander Graham Bell. “About.Com Inventors”, About.Com. 10.28.08, http://Inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm
• Unknown. “Alexander Graham Bell.” Gardenofpraise.com. Garden of Praise, 9.28.08, http://gardenofpraise.com/idbell.htm
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