Alexander Graham Bell

Invention of the Telephone

• Born: March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh,
Scotland.

• He had two brothers

Second son of Alexander Melville Bell

and Elisa Grace Symonds
• His grandfather and father were experts on the
mechanics of voice and elocution.

• Alexander’s mother, who was nearly deaf, became an

accomplished pianist and also a portrait painter and
she inspired him to undertake big challenges.
In 1867, Bell and his family moved to London
so that he and his remaining brother could
study at better schools.

“Turning point of his life.”

In 1870 his parents, in search of a healthier
climate, convinced him to move with them
to Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
 Hello Boston!

• When he was 25, Bell opened his School

of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of
Speech in Boston, where he taught deaf
people to speak.
 Firsrt word on
telephone

On March 10, 1876,

Alexander Graham Bell
was in his testing room
with his partner, Watson.
• Alexander Graham Bell’s sketch of a telephone
The Telephone is
Patented

On March 7,
1876, Bell
recieved his
patent for the
telephone.
• Alexander Graham Bell, who patented the
telephone in 1876, inaugurating the 1,520-km
(944-mile) telephone link between New York City
and Chicago on October 18, 1892.
A Sad day in
History
On August 2, 1922,
Alexander
Graham Bell died
at his home in
Beinn Bhreagh,
Nova Scotia
.
 AWARDS
• In 1880, Bell received the Volta Prize with
a purse of 50,000 francs for the invention
of the telephone.
• He received the Légion d'honneur (Legion
of Honor) from the French government in
1881.
• In 1902, The Society of Arts of London,
England, awarded him the Albert Medal for
his invention.
• https://www.britannica.com/biography
/Alexander-Graham-Bell