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Alexander Graham Bell
Scotttish-born American scientist.Most famous for: telephone, worked at a school for the deaf while attempting to invent a machine that would transmit sound by electricity. For more information on History.com -
Immigrated
Alexander Graham Bell immigrated from England to Canada with his parents. Their move was due to the death of Alexander's brothers, Edward in 1867 and Melville in 1870. -
Established school in Boston to train teachers of deaf children
Few are aware that the central interest of his life was deaf education or that he was one of the most prominent proponents of oralism in the United States.
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Professor at Boston University
Alexander Graham Bell became a professor in speech and vocal physiology at Boston University. Boston University funded Bell's research on a new device for transmitting speech before his invention of the telephone.
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First Official Telephone Patent
Alexander Graham Bell was granted the first official patent for his telephone.
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Married Mabel Hubbard. They met at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts
Mabel Hubbard had become deaf at age five as a result of a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever. Mabel's mother, Gardiner Greene, was a founder of the Clarke School where Mabel attended. Mabel was one of Alexander Bell's students and worked with her when she was 15 years old. 5 years after meeting, when Mabel was 20 years old and Alexander was 30 years old the two of them were married. They had four children, Elise, Marian and two sons who died in infancy. -
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
Alexander Graham Bell was the founder of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf.
For more information about their mission statement and scholarships they provide click here.
