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3rd Grade Virtual Biography Wax Museum
2021
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Alexander Graham Bell
Benjamin Kansler
Born in 1847, died in 1922
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Scotland. His dad and grandpa were both speech therapists. Bell learned from them. His two brothers both died from the same lung sickness. He began teaching at a deaf school in 1868. Then the family moved to Canada.
Two years after his family moved he taught at a new deaf school. Some of his students were older than him! He married one of his students. She was named Mabel Hubbard. He became a American citizen. Soon Bell began experimenting with sound. His experiments helped him make the telephone in 1876. With this invention came the first telephone company: Bell Telephone.
They had four children. None of them were deaf. He became a wealthy man. He used his money to pay for other experiments. He also used it to help other scientists. Bell founded the science magazine, which is still read today. He made National Geographic in 1888.
They had four children. None of them were deaf. He became a wealthy man. He used his money to pay for other experiments. He also used it to help other scientists. Bell founded the science magazine, which is still read today. He made National Geographic in 1888.
1847
Born in Edinburgh,Scotland
1870
Moved to Canada
1872
He made a deaf school in Boston
1876
Made the telephone
1888
He became an American citizen
1888
1890
made the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf.
Made National Geographic
1922
Died in Nova Scotia ,Canada
Alexander Graham Bell had two brothers. Melville James Bell (1845–1870) and Edward Charles Bell (1848–1867). They both died of a lung disease named tuberculosis. Melville James Bell was his younger brother.Edward Charles Bell was his older brother. His mom was almost deaf. She used a ear tube. He also sadly died of diabetes.