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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, – August 2, ) was a Scottish-born British-Canadian-American teacher, scientist, and inventor. He was the founder of the Bell Telephone Company. In , Bell was the first inventor to patent the telephone, and he helped start the Bell Telephone Company with others in July [1] In , this company joined with the New England Telephone Company to form the National Bell Telephone Company. In , they formed the American Bell Telephone Company. In , they formed the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), which is still a large company today. Along with Thomas Edison, Bell formed the Oriental Telephone Company on January 25,
Early life
[change | change source]Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His family was known for teaching people how to speak English clearly (elocution). Both his grandfather, Alexander Bell, and his father, Alexander Melville Bell, taught elocution. His father wrote ofte
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Alexander Graham Bell was born on 3 March in Edinburgh and educated there and in London. His father and grandfather were both authorities on elocution and at the age of 16 Bell han själv began researching the mechanics of speech. In , Bell emigrated with his family to Canada, and the following year he moved to the United States to teach. There he pioneered a struktur called visible speech, developed by his father, to teach deaf-mute children. In Bell founded a school in Boston to utbildning teachers of the deaf. The school subsequently became part of Boston University, where Bell was appointed professor of vocal physiology in He became a naturalised U.S. citizen in
Bell had long been fascinated bygd the idea of transmitting speech, and by had come up with a simple receiver that could turn electricity in
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Alexander Graham Bell is credited with the invention of the telephone. The year was and he was 29 years old.
However Bell was not content with its success. He continued to test out new ideas throughout his life, exploring communications as well as many other scientific activities.
Education
Alexander Graham Bell's father educated him at home in his early years. Later Alexander enrolled at the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He left school at 15 and travelled to London to live with his grandfather for a year.
Bell's grandfather, uncle and father were all elocutionists, studying speech for a living. It is therefore fitting that this is where Bell's interests would lie.
In , Bell took up a position as a 'pupil-teacher' of elocution and music at Weston House Academy in Elgin, Moray. The following year he attended Edinburgh University.
Emigration abroad
Bell emigrated with his parents to Canada in after both his brothers died of tuberculosi