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'''Alexander Graham Bell''' (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born British-Canadian-American teacher, scientist, and inventor. He was the founder of the [[Bell Telephone Company]]. In 1876, Bell was the first inventor to [[patent]] the telephone, and he helped start the Bell Telephone Company with others in July 1877.<ref name="WDL"/> In 1879, this company joined with the New England Telephone Company to form the National Bell Telephone Company. In 1880, they formed the American Bell Telephone Company. In 1885, they formed the [[AT&T|American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)]], which is still a large company today. Along with [[Thomas Edison]], Bell formed the [[Oriental Telephone Company]] on January 25, 1881.

'''Alexander Graham Bell''' (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born British-Canadian-American teacher, scientist, and inventor. He was the founder of the [[Bell Telephone Company]]. In 1876, Bell was the first inventor to [[patent]] the telephone, and he helped start the Bell Telephone Company with others in July 1877.<ref name="WDL"/> In 1879, this company joined with the New England Telephone Company to form the National Bell Telephone Company. In 1880, they formed the American Bell Telephone Company. In 1885, they formed the [[AT&T|American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)]], which is still a large company today. Along with [[Thomas Edison]], Bell formed the [[Oriental Telephone Company]] on January 25, 1881.

== Early life ==

== Early life ==

Alexander Graham Bell was born in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. His family was known for teaching people how to speak English clearly ([[elocution]]). Both his [[grandfather]], Alexander Bell, and his father, Alexander Melville Bell, taught elocution. His father wrote often about this and is most known for his invention and writings of [[Visible Speech]].<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11375/ |title = Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory Notebook, 1875-1876 |website = [[World Digital Library]] |date = 1875–1876 |accessdate = 2013-07-24 }}</ref> In his writings he explained ways of teaching people who were [[deafness|deaf]] and [[Muteness|Mute]]. It also showed how these people could learn to speak words by watching their lips and reading what other people were saying.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. His family was known for teaching people how to speak English clearly ([[elocution]]). Both his [[grandfather]], Alexander Bell, and his father, Alexander Melville Bell, taught elocution. His father wrote often about this and is most known for his invention and writings of [[Visible Speech]].<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11375/ |title = Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory Notebook, 1875-1876 |website = [[World Digital Library]] |date = 1875–1876 |accessdate = 2013-07-24 |archive-date = 2015-02-03 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150203003124/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11375/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> In his writings he explained ways of teaching people who were [[deafness|deaf]] and [[Muteness|Mute]]. It also showed how these people could learn to speak words by watching their lips and reading what other people were saying.

== Education ==

== Education ==

Alexander Graham Bell went to the Royal High School of [[Edinburgh]]. He [[Graduation|graduated]] at the age of [[fifteen]]. At the age of sixteen, he got a job as a student and teacher of elocution and [[music]] in Weston House Academy, at [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]] in [[Morayshire]]. He spent the next year at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. While still in Scotland, he became more interested in the [[science]] of sound ([[acoustics]]). He hoped to help his deaf mother. From 1866 to 1867, he was a teacher at Somersetshire College in [[Bath, Somerset]].

Alexander Graham Bell went to the Royal High School of [[Edinburgh]]. He [[Graduation|graduated]] at the age of [[fifteen]]. At the age of sixteen, he got a job as a student and teacher of elocution and [[music]] in Weston House Academy, at [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]] in [[Morayshire]]. He spent the next year at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. While still in Scotland, he became more interested in the [[science]] of sound ([[acoustics]]). He hoped to help his deaf mother. From 1866 to 1867, he was a teacher at Somersetshire College in [[Bath, Somerset]].

File:TelephonePatentDrawingBell.jpg|Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent drawing, March 7, 1876

File:TelephonePatentDrawingBell.jpg|Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent drawing, March 7, 1876

File:Alexander Graham Telephone in Newyork.jpg|Bell at the opening of the long-distance line from New York to Chicago in 1892

File:Alexander Graham Bell by E. J. Holmes, 1892, albumen silver print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 2010 28GrahamBell-000001 (cropped).jpg|Bell at the opening of the long-distance line from New York to Chicago in 1892

File:Alexander Graham Bell and family.jpg|Alexander Graham Bell, his wife [[Mabel Gardiner Hubbard]], and their daughters Elsie (left) and Marian c. 1885

File:Alexander Graham Bell and family.jpg|Alexander Graham Bell, his wife [[Mabel Gardiner Hubbard]], and their daughters Elsie (left) and Marian c. 1885

File:Photophony1.jpg|Photophone receiver, one half of Bell's wireless [[optical communication]] system, ca. 1880

File:Photophony1.jpg|Photophone receiver, one half of Bell's wireless [[optical communication]] system, ca. 1880

File:Telephone Inventor’s Voice Heard in Restored Recording « Science World.theora.ogv|Bell's voice, from a Volta Laboratory recording in 1885. Restored by the Smithsonian in 2013.

File:Telephone Inventor’s Voice Heard in Restored Recording « Science World.theora.webm|Bell's voice, from a Volta Laboratory recording in 1885. Restored by the Smithsonian in 2013.

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== References ==

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