Scottish, later also Canadian-American scientist and inventor (1847–1922)
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell c. 1917
Born
Alexander Bell
March 3, 1847
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
August 2, 1922(1922-08-02) (aged 75)
Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
Citizenship
United Kingdom (1847–1922) British-subject in Canada (1870–1882) United States (1882–1922)
Education
University of Edinburgh
University College London
Occupations
Inventor
scientist
engineer
professora
teacher of the deaf[2]
Known for
Invention of the telephoneb
Co-founder of Bell Telephone Company, Bell Canada & AT&T
Spouse
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
(m. 1877)
Children
4
Parents
Alexander Melville Bell
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
Relatives
Gardiner G. Hubbard (father-in-law)
David C. Bell (uncle)
Gilbert H. Grosvenor (son-in-law)
David Fairchild (son-in-law)
Melville Bell Grosvenor (grandson)
Mabel Grosvenor (granddaughter)
A. Graham Bell Fairchild (grandson)
Gilbert Grosvenor (great-grandson)
Edwin Grosvenor (great-grandson)
Chichester Bell (cousin)
Awards
1883 NAS Member
1902 Albert Medal
1907 John Fritz Medal
1912 Elliott Cresson Medal
Bell's voice[3]
Re-identified in 2013, Bell made this wax-disc recording of his voice in 1885.
Signature
Notes
a Boston University (see below).
b See below.
c Two died soon after birth.
Alexander Graham Bell (/ˈɡreɪ.əm/, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922)[4] was a Scottish-born[N 1] Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.[7]
Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf; profoundly influencing Bell's life's work.[8] His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone, on March 7, 1876.[N 2] Bell considered his invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.[9][N 3]
Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. Bell also had a strong influence on the National Geographic Society[11] and its magazine while serving as the second president from January 7, 1898, until 1903.
Beyond his work in engineering, Bell had a deep interest in the emerging science of heredity.[12] His work in this area has been called "the soundest, and most useful study of human heredity proposed in nineteenth-century America... Bell's most notable contribution to basic science, as distinct from invention."[13]
^Boileau, John (2004). Fastest in the World: The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Formac Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-88780-621-6.
^[Is the following a quote from the source referenced?:] While Bell worked in many scientific, technical, professional and social capacities throughout his life he would remain fondest of his earliest vocation. To the end of his days, when discussing himself, Bell would always add with pride "I am a teacher of the deaf".[1]
^"Particle Physics Resurrects Alexander Graham Bell's Voice". IEEE Spectrum. April 30, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
^"The Bell Family". Bell Homestead National Historic Site. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
^Gray 2006, p. 228.
^Reville, F. Douglas (1920). History of the County of Brant: Illustrated With Fifty Half-Tones Taken From Miniatures And Photographs(PDF). Brantford, Ontario: Brantford Historical Society & Hurley Printing. p. 319. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
^Bruce 1990, p. 291.
^Bruce, Robert V. (1990). Bell: Alexander Bell and the Conquest of Solitude. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-8014-9691-2.
^MacLeod, Elizabeth (1999). Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life. Toronto, Ontario: Kids Can Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-55074-456-9.
^Bell, Mabel (October 1922). "Dr. Bell's Appreciation of the Telephone Service". Bell Telephone Quarterly. 1 (3): 65. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
^Howley, Andrew (May 26, 2011). "NGS Celebrates 23rd Founders Day". NGS. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016. Though he wasn't one of the original 33 founders, Bell had a major influence on the Society.
^Stansfield, W. D. (January 1, 2005). "The Bell Family Legacies". Journal of Heredity. 96 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1093/jhered/esi007. ISSN 0022-1503. PMID 15618310.
^Cite error: The named reference bruce1990 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Cite error: There are <ref group=N> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=N}} template (see the help page).
and 28 Related for: Alexander Graham Bell information
AlexanderGrahamBell (/ˈɡreɪ.əm/, born AlexanderBell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer...
AlexanderGrahamBell honors and tributes include honors bestowed upon him and awards named for him. AlexanderGrahamBell received numerous tributes during...
The Story of AlexanderGrahamBell is a somewhat fictionalized 1939 biographical film of the famous inventor. It was filmed in black-and-white and released...
help the deaf learn to talk, and was the father of AlexanderGrahamBell. Alexander Melville Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and studied under and...
AlexanderGrahamBell National Historic Site is a 10-hectare (25-acre) property in Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, overlooking the Bras d'Or...
was the wife of AlexanderGrahamBell, inventor of the first practical telephone. From the time of Mabel's courtship with GrahamBell in 1873, until his...
Notable people including in this were Antonio Meucci, Elisha Gray and AlexanderGrahamBell. The concept of the telephone dates back to the string telephone...
The Elisha Gray and AlexanderGrahamBell controversy concerns the question of whether Gray and Bell invented the telephone independently. This issue is...
The IEEE AlexanderGrahamBell Medal is an award honoring "exceptional contributions to communications and networking sciences and engineering" in the...
The AlexanderGrahamBell tower refers to a planned 375-foot (114 m) tower that would have been constructed at Boston University as a tribute to former...
company was organized in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 9, 1877, by AlexanderGrahamBell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize...
of its predecessors. The first telephone patent was granted to AlexanderGrahamBell in 1869. Before the invention of electromagnetic telephones, mechanical...
The Volta Laboratory (also known as the AlexanderGrahamBell Laboratory, the Bell Carriage House and the Bell Laboratory) and the Volta Bureau were created...
The AlexanderGrahamBell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, also known as AG Bell, is an organization that aims to promote listening and spoken...
1874: AlexanderGrahamBell conceives the theoretical concept for the telephone while vacationing at his parents' farm near Brantford, Canada. Alexander Melville...
the Bell System ceased to exist. Receiving a U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone on March 7, 1876, AlexanderGrahamBell formed the Bell Telephone...
Chichester AlexanderBell (1848–1924) was an American chemist and inventor. He was a first cousin of AlexanderGrahamBell, and instrumental in developing...
of Professor Alexander Melville Bell and his family, including his last surviving son, scientist AlexanderGrahamBell. The younger Bell conducted his...
smartphones or mobile phones, due to technological convergence. In 1876, AlexanderGrahamBell was the first to be granted a United States patent for a device...
Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of...
appearing alongside her sisters in the biographical drama The Story of AlexanderGrahamBell (1939), followed by bit parts in two other films. She was the wife...
Burlington was formally dedicated as the AlexanderGrahamBell Parkway on April 27, 2016, in honour of AlexanderGrahamBell. The majority of Highway 403 is surrounded...
by British linguist Alexander Melville Bell in 1867 to represent the position of the speech organs in articulating sounds. Bell was known internationally...
Global Information
