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Alexander Graham Bell Research Paper

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Alexander Graham Bell

The aim of this research paper is to give the history of Alexander Graham Bell, centering on his life, education, and the invention of the telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland and died on August 2, 1922, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Alexander Graham Bell in his early years was home schooled by his deaf mother until high school age. Bell then attended Royal High School (1858-1862), Weston House Academy (1863-1864), University of Edinburgh (1864-1865). In 1865 Alexander and his family moved from Scotland to London and there he attended the University College London (1868-1870). July 1870 the family settled in Brantford, Ontario, Canada due to the loss of two of Alexander’s brothers to tuberculosis. His father believed America’s environment was healthier. In 1872, Alexander Graham Bell went to Boston, Massachusetts where he tutored deaf children. Alexander Graham Bell was granted the first official patent for the telephone on March 7, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Alexander Graham Bell having a mother who was deaf and later marrying a deaf student from the school where he tutored named Mabel …show more content…

In 1877, construction of the first regular telephone line from Boston to Somerville, Massachusetts was completed. By the end of 1880, there were 47,900 telephones in the United States. Transcontinental service by overhead wires wasn’t until 1915. The convenience of having a telephone can help police, firefighters, and medical crews receive reports of accidents and fires faster and possibly save lives. Telephone styles have changed and more functions were added over the years from rotary dial phones to touch-tone buttons. By the 1970’s the first cordless telephone was introduced and today there are wireless cell phones that people can carry with them almost anywhere in the

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