2. The Early Years
- Born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Parents were Alexander Melville Bell & Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
Alexander Melville Bell, wife
- The second of three sons, Melville James Bell & Edward Charles Bell Eliza, children: Melville
James, Alexander Graham,
- Alexander Graham Bell’s special relationship with his deaf mother Edward Charles
begins to shape his views regarding sound.
- In 1863, Bell begins to teach music and elocution at Weston House
Academy in Elgin, Scotland.
- In 1864, Bell’s father develops Visible Speech, a method intended
to help deaf students learn spoken language by using mouth shapes
and movements to create sound perfectly.
3. Teaching
- Visible Speech: a method intended to help deaf
students learn spoken language by using mouth
shapes and movements to create sound perfectly.
- In 1871, Bell moved back to Boston to teach at
the Boston School for Deaf Mutes.
- Teaches at Clarke School for the Deaf in Boston
Pemberton Square School
and American Asylum for the Deaf in Hartford, CT.
Alexander Graham Bell 1871
- Bell holds an exhibition for influential people in
Boston to display the techniques of Visible Speech.
4. The Telephone
- Bell continues to teach, one of his pupils is
Mabel Hubbard.
- Mabel was the daughter of Gardiner
Green Hubbard.
- Mabel’s father funds Bell’s telegraph
transmission theories.
- On March 10, 1876, the first human voice
is heard over the telephone.
5. Continued Achievements
Alexander Graham Bell’s book, “Memoir
Upon the Formation of a Deaf Variety
of the Human Race.”
Alexander Graham Bell at the
opening of the long-distance
Alexander Graham Bell’s design sketch of the
telephone.
6. Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
- Alexander Graham Bell in the Deaf
Community
- Many opinions regarding his
theories and thoughts.
- Was his mindset correct?
- What is the Deaf community’s
response to Alexander Graham Bell?
