Alexander Graham Bell

                      Alexander Graham Bell, best known for his invention of the telephone, was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Young Alexander, called 'Aleck' by his family, was a curious child who was very interested in the science of sound. He loved music and taught himself to play the piano. His father taught elocution, or how to speak clearly and correctly. When he was a teenager, his mother began to lose her hearing, and that encouraged him to learn even more about sound. At the age of twelve, Aleck created his first invention. His best friend's family operated a flour mill. At the time, it took a lot of work to remove the husks from the wheat, but with some paddles and brushes, Alexander graham bell invented the dehusking machine that made the job much simpler.

                    In return, his friend's father gave him a small workshop to experiment with his inventions. Although he was homeschooled as a child, Alexander attended high school in Edinburgh. He didn't do very well in school and left before he finished it. Afterward, he went to live with his grandfather in London. His grandfather encouraged him and helped him gain an appreciation for learning, and soon after, Bell began teaching elocution like his father and helping deaf people to learn to speak. By 1870, when Bell was 23, both of his brothers had died from a disease called tuberculosis. Alexander was sick, too, and his parents were very worried that he would also die. They moved to Canada. They thought the air there was healthier than the air in London. During his time in Canada, Bell got well again, and in 1871, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts. He began spending less of his time teaching and more time inventing.

                     He experimented with the telegraph that could send more than one message at once by using different sound frequencies, and while he was working on that, he startedto believe that he could invent a way to send the human voice over wires. Bell did not have much success with this invention until 1874 when he met Thomas Watson, an electrical designer, and mechanic, who helped him with his work. On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell got his telephone to work. He said, "Mr. Watson, come here -- I want to see you." Thomas Watson, who was in another room, heard Bell's voice and came to see. The telephone had worked! Less than six months later, the telephone demonstrations were being given while curious people stood by, amazed to hear voices from people a few miles away come out of Bell's invention. Soon, thousands and thousands of people owned telephones. After the success of his invention, AlexanderGraham Bell got married and had a family.

                                   Although he is best known for the invention of the telephone, he invented many other things throughout his life, including the metal detector, the wireless telephone that transmitted a signal with light, a device to detect icebergs, an invention to detect problems with someone's hearing, and more. In 1915, Bell made the first transcontinental phone call. While he was in New York, he talked to his old assistant Thomas Watson, who was in San Fransico, and they heard each other much more clearly than they did during thefirst phone call in 1876. On August 2, 1922, at the age of 75, AlexanderGraham Bell died at his home in Nova Scotia, Canada. When he died, every phone in NorthAmerica was turned off and silent in his honor. 

                                 SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT Alexander Graham Bell

                           A famous Scottish immigrant who is known in history for inventing the telephone. Stay tuned for more as I share my top five fun facts from the biography of Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell is known in history for being an engineer, inventor, and credited for inventing and receiving a patent for the thefirst practical telephone. Bell was born on March 3, 1847, and died on August2, 1922. Kicking things off with fact number one, although Bella had his telephone patented in the US he was not born in the US. Bell was born in Edinburg Scotland and after attending school the 23-year-old immigrated to Canada, and then to the United States. Checking out fact number two, it is about his middle name Graham. An interesting story about how he got his middle name was when Bell turned 11 his father gave him his middle name as a birthday present because Bell wanted a middle name like his two brothers. Moving on to fact number three, Bell was also famous for helping those who were born deaf and could not hear. This is interesting because both Bell's mother and his wife were hearing-impaired. That is because a childhood illness left Bell’smother mostly deaf and reliant on an ear trumpet to hear anything. His wife had lost her hearing from scarlet fever. With fact number four it is all about lawsuits. That is because although Bell was awarded the first patent for the telephone many others came behind him suing him saying Bell stole their idea. With more than 600 lawsuits over his telephone patent, Bell would even go as high as being heard by Supreme Court. With my fifth and final fact, it would be about honoring the life of Alexander Graham Bell and his work with the telephone. That is where after Bell died on August 2ndin 1922, two days later telephone services would be silenced for a minute in both Canada and the US honoring Bell's life. and we are done with our top five fun facts about Alexander Graham Bell from his biography for you. I hope you enjoyed some of these facts and feel free to visit us on Facebook or YouTube. I had a blast hanging out with you and I'll see you next time.