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Alexander Graham Bell: Alexander Graham Bell By Brittney
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Why he is famous?: Why he is famous?
World’s greatest inventor
Most creative and intelligent invention
Changed the life of everyone
Telephone
Personal: Personal Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Born on March 3, 1847
Immigrated to Canada at age twenty-three
Married Eliza Grace and had two children
Died August 2,1922
Family: Family
Named after his father
Mother, Eliza Grace was deaf
Alexander’s brothers both died of tuberculosis in Scotland
Alexander met his wife Mabel Gardener Hubbard
Two children named Elsie May and Marrian Hubbard
Elsie May married Gilbert Grosvenor and had nine children
Marrian married David Fairchild and had two children
Career: Career
First invented a device to clean wheat at eleven years old
He was born into a farming family
He later invented a speech machine, hd-4, telegraph, telephone, phonautograph, and photophone
After his inventing the telephone, became a billionaire
Education: Education Alexander’s first school was in Scotland
Later attended London and Boston Universities
After university, he attended the Boston School for Deaf Mutes
Eventually became a teacher of the deaf
Family Life: Family Life His family was very poor
After the invention of the telephone, his children grew up wealthy
Main Accomplishments: Main Accomplishments Main accomplishments were the telephone and telegraph
These inventions changed the world!
Conclusion: Conclusion Alexander is a most interesting man
I chose him because I knew that he invented the telephone
He was very successful in life
He is claimed by Scotland, USA and Canada
Bibliography: Bibliography Web Sites
“Alexander Graham Bell.” January 12,2003
www.Alexandergrahambell.com
Books
Black, Harry. Canadian Scientists and Inventors. Canada: Pembroke Publishers Limited, 1997.
Burns, Peggy. Inventors. East Essex: Wayland Publishers Limited, 1996
Encyclopedias
The Canadian Encyclopedia 1985. “ Bell, Alexander Graham” ( page 159)
The Junior Encyclopedia Of Canada. 1990. “Bell, Alexander Graham”
( page 152)