1. Alexander Graham Bell By Andrew Freibert

2. Alexander Graham Bell Early Life Date and Place of Birth Born March 3, 1847 Edinburgh, Scotland He had the same name and birthday as his grandfather, Alexander Bell.

3. Alexander Graham Bell Early Life Childhood Alexander was not given a middle name. He chose his middle name to be Graham after meeting a friend in Cuba at age 11. Alexander’s nickname was Alek.

4. Alexander Graham Bell Early Life Education Alek Bell attended universities in London and Edinburgh. At fifteen Alek moved to his grandfather’s house in London. There Alek was home schooled for one year. Alek thought learning was exciting with his grandfather.

5. Alexander Graham Bell Adulthood Family Alek had a father, mother, a brother Melville and a little brother Edward Edward died in 1876 of tuberculosis. Three years later, Melville died of the same disease. Late in Alek’s life he married a lady named Mable Hubbard.

6. Alexander Graham Bell Adulthood Occupation Alek had two good jobs. He was a very good inventor and he was a speech teacher at the University of Boston.

7. Alexander Graham Bell Interesting Facts Contributions In 1872, Alek Bell opened up a school at the University of Boston, to teach deaf people to speak. Did you know that Alek worked with Helen Keller? Helen Keller dedicated her autobiography to him writing, “To Alexander Graham Bell who taught the deaf to speak…”

8. Alexander Graham Bell Interesting Facts Helen Keller with Alexander Graham Bell Bell worked with Helen Keller when she was a young adult. Keller motivated Bell to invent the telephone.

9. This is Alexander Graham Bell making a call to Watson who is across the country.

10. Alexander Graham Bell Interesting Facts Contributions Teaching the deaf to speak was one of his most important accomplishments. Alek Bell had many contributions besides inventing the telephone. He also invented the speed boat, the photo phone, and the metal detector.

11. Alexander Graham Bell Interesting Facts Ways Person is remembered Alexander G. Bell is best remembered for the invention of the telephone in 1876. He and his partner, Thomas Watson, successfully completed the first phone call saying the famous line, “Come here Watson, I want you.” On January 25, 1915, that same line was successfully spoken on a telephone from the east coast to west coast of the United States. Watson was in Sacramento, CA and Bell was in New York.

12. Alexander Graham Bell Interesting Facts Date of Death August 2, 1922 When Alexander Bell died, the nation silenced the phones ringing for one minute to honor the man who made phones possible. (www.ask.com)

13. Alexander Graham Bell's notebook entry of March 10, 1876 describes his successful experiment with the telephone-- speaking through the instrument to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in the next room. Copied from Ask.com

14. Citations Alexander Graham Bell. “About.Com Inventors”, About.Com. 10.28.08, http://Inventors.about.com/library/inventors /bltelephone2.htm http://Inventors.about.com/library/inventors /bltelephone2.htm Unknown. “Alexander Graham Bell.” Gardenofpraise.com. Garden of Praise, 9.28.08, http://gardenofpraise.com/idbell.htm http://gardenofpraise.com/idbell.htm