Alexander Graham Bell Biography, Inventions, and Unknown Facts.
                     Alexander Graham Bell: Biography, 
Inventions, and Unknown Facts
Who was Alexander 
Graham Bell?
Alexander Graham Bell was a 
Scottish-born scientist and inventor 
best known for inventing the first 
working telephone in 1876 and 
founding the Bell Telephone 
Company in 1877. 
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Early Life
Bell was born in Edinburgh, 
Scotland, on March 3, 1847. 
The second son of Alexander 
Melville Bell and Eliza Grace 
Symonds Bell, he was named for 
his paternal grandfather. 
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Family
He had two brothers, Melville James 
Bell and Edward Charles Bell, both 
of whom died from tuberculosis.
During his youth, Bell was strongly 
influenced by his family and his 
environs.
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Early Career
Young Alexander was groomed from 
a young age to carry on in the 
family business, but his headstrong 
nature conflicted with his father’s 
overbearing manner. 
Seeking a way out, Alexander 
volunteered to care for his 
grandfather when he fell ill in 1862. 
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Marriage
On July 11, 1877, Bell married 
Mable Hubbard, a former student 
and the daughter of Gardiner 
Hubbard, one of his early financial 
backers. 
Mable had been deaf since her 
early childhood years.
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Inventions
On March 10, 1876, after years of 
work, Bell perfected his most well-
known invention, the telephone, 
and made his first telephone call.
Through 1874 and 1875, Bell and 
Watson labored on both the 
harmonic telegraph and a voice 
transmitting device. 
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Other Inventions
In 1880, Bell established the Volta 
Laboratory in Washington, D.C., an 
experimental facility devoted to 
scientific discovery.
Later in his life, Bell became 
fascinated with flight and began 
exploring the possibilities for flying 
machines and devices, starting with 
the tetrahedral kite in 1890s. 
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Later Life
Bell died peacefully on August 2, 
1922, at his home in Baddeck on 
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 
Canada. 
Shortly after his death, the entire 
telephone system was shut down 
for one minute in tribute to his 
genius.
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Unknown Facts
• Alexander Graham Bell was an 
immigrant.
• Bell’s middle name was a 
birthday present.
• Bell’s mother and wife were both 
hearing-impaired.
• He faced more than 600 lawsuits 
over his telephone patent.
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Unknown Facts Cont.
• Bell developed a wireless 
telephone.
• He invented a rudimentary metal 
detector in a quest to save the 
life of a president.
• A Bell-designed speedboat set a 
world record.
• North American telephones were 
silenced in Bell’s honor following 
his death.
• Decibels are named after him.
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