Megan Jones Alexander Graham Bell

By susan.holdmeyer@washington.k12.mo.us

  • Birth and Family

    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

    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

    The Telephone
    Bell got his telegraph invention to work by using a liquid transmitter.

  • Marriage and New Family

    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.