ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

BY: ALEXANDER TRAN

- Alexander born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

- He died on August 2, 1922 (age 75) in Canada.

-Scotland - Canada

Day of Birth

- spouse Mabel Gardiner Bell and got married in 1857

- 4 children, 2 sons who died infancy and 2 daughters

Alexander’s Family

Alexander’s Education

Royal High School

University of London

University of Edinburgh

University ofHarvard

Historical Epoch in Alexander’s Life

- In Boston on April, 1871, Alexander started training the deaf and was extremely successful.

- On October 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson talked with each other through telephone over a 2 mile wire stretched between Cambridge and Boston.

Alexander influenced society because his inventions: - allowed people to talk to each other far

away

- help people travel to far places

-Telephone

-AEA Silver Dart

- HD- 4 (a hydroplane)

-Photophone

Additional Factscontains:- the original HD- 4 which set the world speed

record of 70.86 miles per hour in 1919

- the original AEA Silver Dart that flew in 1909

Famous Quotes By: Alexander

Graham Bell

A Reflection I learned that Helen Keller:- was deaf and blind

- was able to communicate after being taught by Alexander

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