Inventor and educator.
From the description of Check, 1918 Feb. 11. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954428
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and educator, and members of the related Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families.
From the description of Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979893
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell became a member of the American Philsophical Society in 1882.
From the guide to the Address, May 7, 1909, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, 1909, (American Philosophical Society)
American inventor of the telephone and educator of the deaf.
From the description of ALS, 1883 January 28 : Washington, D.C., to Thomas Sanders. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 17308366
American inventor and the president of the National Geographic Society.
From the description of Letters, 1902-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80013352
Alexander Graham Bell was an inventor.
From the description of Address, May 7, 1909, delivered before the American Philosophical Society. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122464697
Scientist and inventor of the telephone; b. in Scotland; naturalized American; lived in Washington, D.C., and Nova Scotia; involved in the education of the deaf.
From the description of Alexander Graham Bell collection, 1879-1920. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70971141
Biographical Notes
Alexander Graham Bell
1847, Mar. 3
Born,
Edinburgh, Scotland
1868
1870
Attended
University College,London, England
1870
Emigrated with his parents to
Canada
1871
1878
Instructed teachers in the use of visible speech in a number
of educational institutions in the
Boston, Mass., area
1873
1876
In charge of the education of a deaf child,
George Sanders
Engaged in experiments leading to the invention of a
phonautograph, a multiple telegraph, and an electric speaking telegraph or
telephone
1876, Mar. 10
Bell's telephone transmitted its first intelligible complete
sentence
1877
Married
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
1880
Received the Volta Prize and established the
Volta Laboratory,Washington, D.C.
1883
Established the publication
Science in cooperation with
Gardiner G. Hubbard
1891
Began experiments to develop motor-powered heavier-than-air
craft
1898
Began experiments which led to the development of
tetrahedral kites
1898
1903
President,
National Geographic Society
1898
1922
Regent,
Smithsonian Institution
1907
Founded the
Aerial Experiment Association
1908
Began development of the hydrodrome (hydrofoil)
1922, Aug. 2
Beinn Bhreagh
Beinn Bhreagh
Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died,
Beinn Bhreagh, near
Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Alexander Melville Bell
1819, Mar. 1
Born,
Edinburgh, Scotland
1843
1865
Teacher of elocution
1844
Married
Eliza Grace Symonds (died 1897)
1849
Published
A New Elucidation of the Principles of Speech and
Elocution (Edinburgh: the author. 311 pp.)
1867
Published
Visible Speech: The Science of Universal
Alphabetics (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 126
pp.)
1868
Canada
Canada
United States
United States
Lectured in
Canada and the
United States
1870
Emigrated to
Brantford, Ontario, Canada, where he became
professor of elocution at
Queens College, Kingston
1881
Moved to the
United States
1885
Elected fellow,
American Association for the Advancement of
Science
1898
Married
Harriet Guess Shibley
1905, Aug. 7
Died,
Washington, D.C.
From the guide to the Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, 1834-1970, (bulk 1855-1922), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)