5. Introduction of
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NAME: ALAXANDER GRAHAM BELL
BORN: MARCH 3, 1847
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND , UK.
RESIDENCE: UK, CANADA, U.S.
CITIZENSHIP: UK, U.S.
CANADA (1870-1871)
OCCUPATION: INVERTER, SCIENTIST, ENGINEER, PROFESSOR (BOSTON
UNIVERSITY), TEACHER OF THE DEAF.
ALMA MATER: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
KNOWN FOR: INVENTING THE TELEPHONE
DIED: AUGUST 2, 1992 (aged 75)
CAUSE OF DEATH: COMPLICATION FROM DIABETES
6. GRAHAM BELL FAMILY
ALAXANDAR GRAHAM BELL
(WIFE) MABEL HUBBARD (MARRIED 1877-1922)
(DAUGHTER)
MARIAN GARDINER HUBBARD BELL(RIGHT)
ELSIEE BELL (LEFT)
7. EDUCATION
EARLY SCHOOLING AT HOME FROM HIS FATHER Alexander Melville Bell.
ENROLED AT THE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL, EDINBURGH , SCOTLAND
WHICH HE LEFT AT (15), COMPLETING THE ONLY FOUR FORMS.
HIS MAIN INTEREST REMAINED IN THE SCIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN
BIOLOGY.
AT THE AGE (16) BELL SECURED A POSITION AS A “PUPIL-TEACHER”
OF ELOCUTION AND MUSIC IN WESTON HOUSE ACADEMY AT ELGIN ,
MORAY , SCOTLAND.
HE WAS ENROLLED AS A STUDENT IN LATIN AND GREEK.
GRAHAM COMPLETED HIS MATRICULATION EXAM AND WAS ACCEPTED
FOR ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON,CANADA IN 1868-1870.
8. COLLECTION OF GRAHAM EDUCATION
PHOTOS
ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL,
EDINBURGH ,
SCOTLAND.
WESTON HOUSE
ACADEMY, ELGIN MORAY,
SCOTLAND.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON,
CANADA.
9. INVENTION
AT THE AGE OF 12, BELL BUILT A HOMEMADE DEVICE THAT
COMBINED ROTATING PADDLES WITH SETS OF NAIL, BRUSH,
CREATING A SIMPLE DEHUSKING MACHINE THAT WAS PUT INTO
OPERATION AND USE STEADILY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
BELL SHOW HIS SENSITIVE NATURE AND TALENT FOR ART,
POETRY AND MUSIC THAT WAS ENCOURAGED BY HIS MOTHER
SINCE YOUNG
HE IS BECOME MASTERED IN PIANIST.
10. COLLECTION ABOUT HIS INVENTION
1ST) WHEAT HUSKER MACHINE (AT THE AGE 14)
2ND) HARMONIC TELEGRAPH (1870)
