Alexander Graham Bell

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Alexander Graham Bell ( ; born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices, which eventually culminated in his being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone, on March 7, 1876. Bell considered his invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study. Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including ground-breaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. Bell also had a strong influence on the National Geographic Society and its magazine while serving as its second president from 1898 to 1903. For National Geographic, Bell wrote under the pseudonym H. A. Largelamb, an anagram of his name. Beyond his work in engineering, Bell had a deep interest in the emerging science of heredity. His work in this area has been called "the soundest, and most useful study of human heredity proposed in nineteenth-century America ... Bell's most notable contribution to basic science, as distinct from invention."

Career

1. 1847
   Born
2. 1912
   Won Elliott Cresson Medal
3. 1913
   Won Hughes Medal
4. 1914
   Won Edison Medal
5. 1922
   Passed away
6. 1965
   Won National Aviation Hall of Fame
7. 1974
   Won National Inventors Hall of Fame
8. Member of National Academy of Sciences
9. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
10. Member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
11. Notable work: invention of telephone

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Edinburgh
• •Citizenship: United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• •Known as: physicist, electrical engineer, engineer, businessperson
• •Spouse: Mabel Gardiner Hubbard