Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor who is most famous for inventing the telephone. He was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland and showed an early talent for music, which he inherited from his mother. Bell spent a pivotal year with his grandfather in London when he was 13 years old. While living in Boston, Massachusetts, Bell invented the harmonic telegraph. On March 7, 1876, Bell was granted a patent for his invention of the telephone.

1. Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of the Telephone

2. Alexander Graham Bell
*Born: March 3, 1847
 He grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland with his family.

3. Learning From the Family
 As a child, Bell
inherited a musical
talent from his mother,
who was a musician and
also a portrait painter.
He was taught by his
grandfather and father
about public speaking.

4. Hello Grandpa!
When Bell was 13 years old, he spent a year with his
grandfather in London. To Graham, this year was the
“turning point of his life.”

5. Boston University
While Bell was in Massachusetts, he invented the
harmonic telegraph, an instrument that makes it
possible to send multiple telegraphs on one line.

6. The Telephone
is Patented
On March 7, 1876,
Bell recieved his
patent for the
telephone.

7. On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell
tested his invention with his partner, Watson.

8. Reeds
The experiment they were working with had
reeds that were thin and steel. One of the reeds
was stuck so Watson plucked it to try to fix it.

9. Successful!
When he did, Graham heard the vibration
clearly through the newly invented ‘telephone’.

10. A Sad day in
History
On August 2, 1922,
Alexander Graham Bell
died at his home in
Baddek Nova Scotia.