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Alexander Graham Bell's Early Life

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish inventor, engineer, and innovator best known for patenting the first practical telephone in 1876. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and had a family history of work with elocution and speech as both his mother and wife were deaf. Bell taught music and experimented with telegraph technology which led him to invent the telephone, a revolutionary new communication device, in April 1876.

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Alexander Graham Bell's Early Life

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish inventor, engineer, and innovator best known for patenting the first practical telephone in 1876. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and had a family history of work with elocution and speech as both his mother and wife were deaf. Bell taught music and experimented with telegraph technology which led him to invent the telephone, a revolutionary new communication device, in April 1876.

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Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 August 2, 1922)] was a Scottish iventor,

engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.

Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution
and speech and both his mother and wife were deaf. In his life he was a Music teacher
.He invented the telephone in April 1903.

Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 3, 1847. The family
home was at 16 South Charlotte Street, and has a stone inscription marking it as
Alexander Graham Bell's birthplace. He had two brothers: Melville James Bell
(184570) and Edward Charles Bell (184867), both of whom would die of
tuberculosis. His father was Professor Alexander Melville Bell, a phonetician, and his
mother was Eliza Grace (ne Symonds). Born as just "Alexander Bell", at age 10, he
made a plea to his father to have a middle name like his two brothers. For his 11th
birthday, his father acquiesced and allowed him to adopt the name "Graham", chosen
out of respect for Alexander Graham, a Canadian being treated by his father who had
become a family friend.

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