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| ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 1910 |
Alexander Graham Bell was born in
Edinburgh, Scotland on the 3 March 1847. His father was Professor Alexander
Melville Bell. Alexander Graham Bell had two brothers.
He was an eminent scientist,
inventor, engineer and innovator. He was best known as the inventor of the
telephone but he also invented or improved other sound devices.
Bell's father, grandfather and
brother done work on elocution and speech. Bell's mother and his wife were deaf
which influenced his work. This kind of work on hearing and speech led to the
invention of the telephone.
Bell migrated in 1872 to the USA. He
became a professor of vocal physiology at Boston University.
Thomas Watson, who was a mechanic and
Alexander Graham Bell, experimented various ways to transmit sound
electrically. In 1876 the first telephone was patented. 1877 Bell found his own
telephone company which was successful.
Bell also made improvements to Thomas
Edison’s phonograph and developed the graphophone. He used wax cylinders and
disc which was a practical sound-recording device. Bell was also involved in
other research projects such as optical telecommunication, hydrofoils and
aeronautics.
1888 Alexander Graham Bell became a
founding member of the National Geographic Society.
His father pioneered a system to
teach deaf people to speak and Alexander Graham Bell spent most of his life
promoting and developing the system.
Alexander Graham Bell died of
diabetes on 2 August 1922 at his private estate Beinn Bhreagh in Nova Scotia at
the age of 75.
During his funeral every phone at
North America was silent in honour of the man who had given mankind the means
for direct communication
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