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Alexander Graham Bell
Born: March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: August 2, 1922 in Nova Scotia, Canada
Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He grew up in Scotland and was initially homeschooled by his father who was a professor. He later would attend high school as well as the University of Edinburgh.
Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for his invention of the telephone. He first became interested in the science of sound because both his mother and wife were deaf. His experiments in sound eventually let him to want to send voice signals down a telegraph wire. He was able to get some funding and hire his famous assistant Thomas Watson and together they were able to come up with the telephone.
Bell made the first transcontinental telephone call on January 15, 1915. He called Thomas Watson from New York City. Watson was in San Francisco.
Interesting facts
He helped form the National Geographic Society.
Bell did not like to have a telephone in his study as he found it intrusive!
He did not get the middle name Graham until he was 10 years old when he asked his father to give him a middle name like his brothers.
At his wife's request, Bell went by the nickname, Alec.
Upon his death, every phone in North America was silenced for a short period to honour him.
Bell did not like to have a telephone in his study as he found it intrusive!
He did not get the middle name Graham until he was 10 years old when he asked his father to give him a middle name like his brothers.
At his wife's request, Bell went by the nickname, Alec.
Upon his death, every phone in North America was silenced for a short period to honour him.
Alexander Graham Bell's famous quote
