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The Life Of Alexander Graham Bell When and where was Bell born? ​ Bell was born on March 3rd, 1847. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A map of Edinburgh, Scotland and surrounding areas. When did Bell he die? Mr. Bell died on August 2nd, 1922. What is Alexander known for? Alexander invented a couple different things, but is most known for inventing the telephone. He invented theories about the electric telegraph, a "photophone," hydrofoils, and airplanes.

What was Bell's Occupation? Bell's occupation was an engineer and inventor. How exactly does the telephone work? The person talking talks through the receiver and it carries the voice to the transmitter. The first words spoken on a telephone were, "Watson come here--I need you." What were Bell's jobs? After Bell invented the telephone, a businessman asked him to be a teacher at a school for deaf students.

A picture of Mr. Bell, the inventor of the telephone. What did Bell do? Bell created the telephone. He was asked to demonstrate how the telephone worked in front of Queen Victoria. When he was handing over the telephone, he touched Queen Victoria's hand, which was considered bad, but she pretended like nothing happened. Bell was also asked to demonstrate the phone use from the bottom of a coal mine in Newcastle, to the depths of the Thames River. A businessman asked Bell to teach at a deaf school because his daughter was attending the school. Bell gave speeches at Oxford University and each day the crowds were getting bigger and bigger. He patented the theory of the telephone just 2 hours before Elisha Gray did. This caused a problem. Bell fought in court against Elisha Gray and Thomas Edison (Elisha Gray's partner) for a long time. After digging out old letters, Bell was able to track down when he patented the telephone. The problem was no longer an issue until other people started going to court with Bell claiming that they patented it first. He won all of them, but the hardest case was the Government Case 1885-1952. In the government case they accused Bell of fraud, bribery, and perjury. Officials from the Pan-Electric company, had been incorporated under the laws of Tennessee to promote the telephone invention for Harry Rogers, filed a suit in Tennessee charging Bell for being guilty of securing his patent illegally and unethically through secret agreement with Patent Office employees. In the end, it ended up fine because all of the charges were proved baseless. Bell was later appointed proffesor of vocal physiology at Boston University just because his brother could not make it to a presentation. He sent Alexander who quickly established a practice in Boston working with deaf people. Which led to him being appointed. Bell's dream was that someday there would be telephone wires so that a person could call any were between two places in the city and a man in one part of the country can communicate with a distant place. And well, his dreams came true.

What interesting things did Alexander Graham Bell do? He wanted to help the deaf. He taught music and elocution at Weston House Academy in Elgin, Scotland. He also had 2 brothers. Resources: " Bell,  **Alexander Graham**." __Compton's by Britannica__. 2009. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online School Edition. 22 Sept. 2009 <[|http] ://school.eb.com/all/comptons/ article -9273160>.