Melville James Bell

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educator linguist phonetician

Melville James Bell was a British-born phonetician and educator best known for developing Visible Speech, a system of phonetic notation used to teach correct pronunciation.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educator → linguist → phonetician →
areaOfInfluence	deaf education → speech therapy →
birthDate	1819-03-01 →
birthPlace	Edinburgh → Scotland → United Kingdom →
burialPlace	Rock Creek Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
child	Alexander Graham Bell → Edward Charles Bell → Melville James Bell Jr. →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1905-08-07 →
developed	Visible Speech →
employer	University College London → University of Edinburgh →
familyName	Bell →
fatherOf	Alexander Graham Bell →
fieldOfWork	elocution → phonetics → speech education →
fullName	Melville James Bell →
givenName	Melville →
influenced	Alexander Graham Bell →
knownFor	Visible Speech →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
nationality	British →
notableStudent	Alexander Graham Bell →
notableWork	Visible Speech →
occupation	elocutionist → phonetician → teacher →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld	Professor of Vocal Physiology and Elocution at University College London →
publication	Visible Speech: The Science of Universal Alphabetics →
publicationDate	1867 →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Brantford, Ontario → Canada → Edinburgh → London →
spouse	Eliza Grace Symonds Bell →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell →	child
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell →	hasRelative
Alexander Graham Bell →	sibling