Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was born on the 3rd of March 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the second of Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds Bell and was named after his paternal grandfather. At a young age, both Alexander's brothers died of from tuberculosis.
During his youth, Alexander Graham Bell was influenced heavily by his parents to achieve the best possible outcome for his future. This included both his grandfather and father; who were expertise on the mechanics of voice and elocution and his mother; who was nearly deaf, became an successful pianist and inspired him to undertake big challenges.
At age sixteen, Alexander joined his father in his work with the deaf and soon took full control of his fathers operations in London. In 1871, Alexander Graham Bell moved to Boston and began to work on a device that would allow the telegraph transmission of messages to set to different frequencies. During his experimentations, he became interested in transmitting human voice over wires.
Through the years of 1874 - 1875, with the help of Thomas Watson; a skilled electrician, both men pursued to discover how speech and sound was transmitted through electricity. On March 10 1876, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson made a breakthrough. It was believed that the first words spoken through electricity were "Mr Watson, come here, I want you!".
Immediately, Alexander Graham Bell got a patent for his brilliant and new invention so any other inventor could not claim what he had invented. Throughout the years, he has sold millions of telephones and died peacefully with his wife at his side. During his death; 2 August 1922, the entire telephone system was shut down for a minute to tribute and honour his death.
During his youth, Alexander Graham Bell was influenced heavily by his parents to achieve the best possible outcome for his future. This included both his grandfather and father; who were expertise on the mechanics of voice and elocution and his mother; who was nearly deaf, became an successful pianist and inspired him to undertake big challenges.
At age sixteen, Alexander joined his father in his work with the deaf and soon took full control of his fathers operations in London. In 1871, Alexander Graham Bell moved to Boston and began to work on a device that would allow the telegraph transmission of messages to set to different frequencies. During his experimentations, he became interested in transmitting human voice over wires.
Through the years of 1874 - 1875, with the help of Thomas Watson; a skilled electrician, both men pursued to discover how speech and sound was transmitted through electricity. On March 10 1876, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson made a breakthrough. It was believed that the first words spoken through electricity were "Mr Watson, come here, I want you!".
Immediately, Alexander Graham Bell got a patent for his brilliant and new invention so any other inventor could not claim what he had invented. Throughout the years, he has sold millions of telephones and died peacefully with his wife at his side. During his death; 2 August 1922, the entire telephone system was shut down for a minute to tribute and honour his death.