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A Short Biography of Alexander Graham Bell

Author Name:

Alexander Graham Bell

Born As:

Alexander Bell

Other Names:

Alexander Graham Bell

Born:

3 Mar 1847

Died:

2 Aug 1922




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Scientist, inventor                          
Inventor of the telephone.Alexander was one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.

At the age of 12, Bell built a homemade device that combined rotating paddles with sets of nail brushes, creating a simple dehusking machine that was put into operation and used steadily for a number of years.                          
Mother Eliza Grace Symonds
Father Alexander Melville Bell
Wife Mabel Hubbard, four children, two sons who died in infancy and two daughters, Elisa May and Marion.                          
Alexander was awarded the title of honorary chief and participated in a ceremony where he donned a Mohawk headdress and danced traditional dances, for learning the Mohawk language and translating its unwritten vocabulary into Visible Speech Symbols.                          
Alexander’s mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices that eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876.