Profession: Inventor
Why Famous: Credited with inventing the first practical telephone. He considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist, however, and refused to have a telephone in his study.
Born: March 3, 1847
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Star Sign: Pisces
Died: August 2, 1922 (aged 75)
Cause of Death: Complications from diabetes
Articles and Photos
Telephone Invention Dispute? That Rings a Bell
There was fierce competition among 19th Century inventors to come up with a working telephone. Alexander Graham Bell won and was granted a patent on this day.
March 7, 1876Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone
The original drawing filed with Thomas Edison's patent application for the telephone
March 7, 1876Mr. Watson come here, I want you
Alexander Graham Bell spoke only briefly by phone to his assistant on this day in 1876, but it proved to be a pioneering moment in telecoms history.
March 10, 1876Thomas Edison's Phonograph
Thomas Edison with his second phonograph, photographed in 1878
November 21, 1877
Married Life
- 1877-07-11 Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell (30) weds Mabel Hubbard (19) at the Hubbard estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Events in the Life of Alexander Graham Bell
- 1875-06-02 Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission
- 1876-03-07 Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US
- 1876-03-10 First telephone call; Alexander Graham Bell says "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" to his assistant Thomas Watson
- 1881-01-25 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
- 1915-01-25 Alexander Graham Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco
External Biographies
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) - Science Hall of Fame, National Library of Scotland
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