Alexander Melville Bell

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educator human phonetician

Alexander Melville Bell was a 19th-century British-Canadian phonetician and educator best known for his work on visible speech and as the father of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell.

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Alexander Melville Bell canonical 16

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instanceOf educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
phonetician ⓘ
birthDate 1819-03-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
child Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ
Edward Charles Bell ⓘ
Melville James Bell ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1905-08-07 ⓘ
developed Visible Speech alphabet ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer Alexander Graham Bell's School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
University of London ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Bell ⓘ
fatherOf Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ
fieldOfWork elocution ⓘ
phonetics ⓘ
speech education ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
influenced Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ
development of speech teaching for the deaf ⓘ
knownFor development of Visible Speech system ⓘ
work in phonetics and elocution ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movedTo Canada ⓘ
movement 19th-century phonetics ⓘ
name Alexander Melville Bell self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
Canadian ⓘ
notableWork The Principles of Speech and Vocal Physiology ⓘ
Visible Speech ⓘ
World English ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
phonetician ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
residence Brantford ⓘ
surface form: Brantford, Ontario

Edinburgh ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
spouse Eliza Grace Symonds Bell ⓘ
workedOn systems for teaching the deaf to speak ⓘ

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Alexander Graham Bell → father → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Alexander Graham Bell → influencedBy → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell → spouse → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell → hasRelative → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Alexander Melville Bell → name → Alexander Melville Bell self-link ⓘ
Bell Homestead National Historic Site → significantPerson → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Visible Speech → creator → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Visible Speech → developedBy → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
World English → developer → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
World English → hasCreator → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
The Principles of Speech and Vocal Physiology → author → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
The Principles of Speech and Vocal Physiology → contributor → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Melville James Bell → father → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Melville James Bell → notableFamilyMember → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Melville James Bell → hasRelativeInSameField → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ
Visible Speech alphabet → creator → Alexander Melville Bell ⓘ