The Inventor of the Telephone: Alexander Graham Bell

There is no doubt that the inventor of the telephone was one of the greatest genius of the world. I have always asked myself who was the inventor of such an incredible thing. Here you will learn about Alexander Graham Bell’s early life, education, career developments, and his accomplishments.“Alexander did not just mark the birth of the telephone, but marked the death of the telegraph as well” (Hochfelder 1). Furthermore, the invention of the telephone totally changed and developed the communication of all society.

On March 3rd, 1847, Alexander was born in Edinburg, Scotland (Hochfelder 1). His family consisted of his father, Alexander Melville Bell, his mother, Eliza Grace Symonds, and his older and younger brothers, Melville James Bell and Edward Charles Bell (Hochfelder 2). Since he was a little boy, to family and friends, he was known as “Aleck’. His middle name, “Graham”, was given to him at age ten. His mother was deaf, and his father worked as a teacher for the deaf. He also influenced Alexander in deciding his late career choice, which was teaching.( Hochfelder 1).

Even though Alexander did not establish himself in just one school for his studies, he did not lose confidence and continued his education without distractions. At age eleven, he studied at the Royal High School in Edinburg. However, he left school at age fifteen without graduating from college (Bellis 1). In 1863, he accepted a job at the Weston House Academy in Elgin, Scotland, which consisted of teaching proper pronunciation and music for one year

(Schuman 1). In 1864, he decided to study at the University of Edinburg ( Bellis 1), but only for one year because his family decided to move to London. Alexander spent the first three years in L...

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... established the Volta Laboratory using the Prize money, in which occur studies for communication phonographs, and other technologies (Alexander Graham Bell 2).

Alexander continued for many years trying to improve his inventions, but his promotion for visible speech had been seen as a failure (Shuman 113). From 1880, he also contributed himself for work with flight, exploration of the earth, and scientific publications ( Shuman 2). Bell had been elected for numerous important positions, and had been a huge example to follow for the youth.

In 1922, Alexander died in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. And, with his wife by his side, the entire system of the telephone was shut down for one minute in tribute to what he has done for the world (Bellis 2). Alexander’s invention on the telephone, totally changed and developed the communication of all society.