Alexander Graham Bell
the inventor that changed the world
Who is he?
Alexander Graham Bell was born March 3, 1837
He died August 2, 1922 in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Spouse: Mabel Gardiner Hubbard (1877-1922)
Challenges/Obstacles
His brothers died from tuberculosis which made the rest of the family move to Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
He wanted to transmit the human voice through the wires but he couldn’t bring his ideas to life.
- Extreme loss of sleep
Accomplishments
Before he made the telephone, he made a corn husker at the age of 12.
- He made the telephone in 1876
Impact from these Accomplishments
people can now communicate around the world
without his invention we wouldn’t have our phones
- we can communicate without waiting months for a reply
5 interesting facts
he had 2 other brothers but they died at a young age.
he had been homeschooled all his life but he went to a private school for 1 year and Edinburgh’s Royal High school for 2 years
He moved to Canada from Scotland in 1870
Thomas Watson helped Alexander Bell to create the telephone
- Alexander Bell had to go to court 550 times. He even had to go to the Supreme Court