Alexander Graham Bell Facts for Kids

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  • Name: Alexander Graham Bell
  • Profession: Engineer, Inventor and Scientist
  • Born: March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Died: August 2nd, 1922 in Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Resting Place: Beinn Bhreagh
  • Legacy: Famous for the invention of the telephone

28 Alexander Graham Bell Facts for Kids

  1. Alexander Graham Bell was a famous inventor, engineer and scientist from the 20th century.
  2. Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for inventing the first practical telephone.
  3. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Europe.
  4. Alexander Graham Bell’s legal birthname was Alexander Bell.
  5. Alexander Graham Bell is the son of Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds Bell.
  6. Alexander Graham Bell had two siblings, both brothers. His older brother was Melville James Bell and his younger brother was Edward Charles Bell.
  7. Alexander Graham Bell married Mabel Gardiner Hubbard on July 11th, 1877 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  8. Alexander and Mabel Bell had four children together. Their names were Edward, Elsie, Marian and Robert.
  9. Alexander Graham Bell died at the age of 75 from diabetes on August 2nd, 1922.
  10. Alexander Graham Bell’s first practical telephone was one of the most important inventions of the 19th century.
  11. In 1858, Bell assumes the name Alexander Graham Bell out of admiration of a family friend (Alexander Graham).
  12. In 1859, Bell created his first invention at the age of 12. It was a simple device that used rotating paddles with a set of nail brushes used for dehusking in a flour mill.
  13. In 1864, Bell attended the University of Edinburgh with his older brother.
  14. In 1868, Bell was accepted into the University College London.
  15. In 1870, Bell and his family emigrate to Canada and move to Brantford.
  16. In 1872, Bell opens the School of Vocal Physiology in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
  17. In 1874, Bell comes up with this idea for the telephone.
  18. In 1876, Bell completes the first telephone call with the words “Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to see you.” In this same year he files for a patent for the telephone and is granted U.S. patent number 174,465.
  19. In 1877, Bell and a few others create the Bell Telephone Company.
  20. In 1881, Bell and a few others invent the wax cylinder used with Thomas Edison ‘s phonograph.
  21. In 1883, Bell is elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
  22. In 1890, Bell forms the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf.
  23. In 1892, Bell makes the first long distance telephone call from New York to Chicago.
  24. In 1897, Bell is appointed as the President of the National Geographic Society.
  25. In 1898, Bell is appointed as the Regent of the Smithsonian Institution.
  26. In 1901, Bell invents the first tetrahedral kite.
  27. In 1907, Bell and a few others form the Aerial Experiment Association (AEA).
  28. In 1915, Bell makes the first transcontinental telephone call from New York to San Francisco.

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