![]() ![]() ![]() To close relatives and friends he remained "Aleck". 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. Born as just "Alexander Bell", at age 10, he made a plea to his father to have a middle name like his two brothers. ![]() His father was Alexander Melville Bell, a phonetician, and his mother was Eliza Grace Bell ( née Symonds). He had two brothers: Melville James Bell (1845–1870) and Edward Charles Bell (1848–1867), both of whom would die of tuberculosis. The family home was at South Charlotte Street, and has a stone inscription marking it as Bell's birthplace. Early lifeīell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 3, 1847. Bell also had a strong influence on the National Geographic Society and its magazine while serving as the second president from January 7, 1898, until 1903.īeyond his work in engineering, Bell had a deep interest in the emerging science of heredity. Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. Bell considered his invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study. patent for the telephone, on March 7, 1876. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. ![]() īell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. ə m/, born Alexander Bell Ma– August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. ![]()
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