Alexander Graham Bell

Profession: Inventor

Nationality:

American

Canadian

Scottish

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 on Alexander Graham Bell

Mr. 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, 1876

Married Life

1877-07-11 Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell (30) weds Mabel Hubbard (19) at the Hubbard estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Historical 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