Alexander Graham Bell
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Education, Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Scientists, Inventors, Disabilities, Handicapped People, Communications
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, 19th Century European History, British History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: One of the major inventive geniuses of modern times, Bell created and perfected the telephone and greatly advanced the teaching of the deaf.
Early Life
The second of three boys, Alexander Graham Bell was born into a Scottish family prominent in the field of elocution. Both his grandfather Alexander Bell and his father, Alexander Melville Bell, taught the subject. The former invented a technique to check stammering, while the latter became a major innovator and author in corrective speech. His mother, Eliza Grace Symonds Bell, a portrait...
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