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Birth and Family
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom to the parents of Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds Bell. -
First Invention
His first invention was an easier way to dehusk wheat for his friend's flour mill. -
The Family Entertainer
He was the family's own enterainer and was interested in ventriloquism. -
Mother Lost Hearing
When Alexander's mother lost her hearing, he would sit beside her and tap out convorsations in her hand. -
Education
Alexander's father home schooled him and his brother. Then he went to Royal High School, and then to the University of London. -
Acoustic Telegraphy
With financial support from Sanders and Hubbard, he got an assistant and started working on acoustic telegraphy. -
The Telephone
Bell got his telegraph invention to work by using a liquid transmitter. -
Marriage and New Family
Alexander married Mabel Hubbard. They had 4 kids, Elsie, Marian, and 2 sons that died in infancy. -
The Photophone
Alexander's assistant created the photphone to transmit wireless voices through a beam of light. -
Death Causes
Alexnader Graham Bell suffered from complications of diabetes.
