Alexander Graham Bell

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Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf best known for inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.

Aliases (1)
  • Alexander Graham Bell (historical) ×1

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
instanceOf human
inventor
scientist
teacher of the deaf
awardReceived Legion of Honour
Volta Prize
birthDate 1847-03-03
birthPlace Edinburgh, Scotland
burialPlace Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
causeOfDeath complications of diabetes
citizenship Canada
United Kingdom
United States of America
countryOfBirth Scotland
United Kingdom
deathDate 1922-08-02
deathPlace Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
educatedAt University College London
University of Edinburgh
employer Boston University
familyName Bell
father Alexander Melville Bell
fieldOfWork aeronautics
education of the deaf
optical telecommunications
telecommunications
founded Bell Telephone Company
Volta Bureau
Volta Laboratory
fullName Alexander Graham Bell
givenName Alexander
influencedBy Alexander Melville Bell
Hermann von Helmholtz
invented audiometer
metal detector
photophone
telephone
knownFor Bell telephone patent
founding the Bell Telephone Company
invention of the telephone
work with the deaf
languageSpoken English
memberOf National Geographic Society
mother Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
notableIdea photophone
notableWork U.S. Patent 174465 (Improvement in Telegraphy)
occupation engineer
inventor
professor
scientist
teacher
patent US174465A
telephone transmitter and receiver patents
positionHeld President of the National Geographic Society
Professor of Vocal Physiology and Elocution at Boston University
religion Unitarianism
residence Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Washington, D.C., United States
sibling Edward Charles Bell
Melville James Bell
spouse Mabel Gardiner Hubbard

Referenced by (47)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
AT&T
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Bell Telephone Company
National Geographic Society
Volta Laboratory
foundedBy
Alexander Melville Bell
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
Melville James Bell
child
Alexander Melville Bell
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
Melville James Bell
influenced
Elliott Cresson Medal
John Fritz Medal
Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal
notableRecipient
Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
U.S. Patent 174465
associatedPerson
Alexander Melville Bell
Melville James Bell
fatherOf
U.S. Patent 174465
assignee
Elisha Gray
competedWith
Photophone
demonstratedBy
Science
founder
Alexander Graham Bell
fullName
University College London
hasNotableAlumni
University of Edinburgh
hasNotableAlumnus
Bell
hasNotableBearer
Edison Medal
hasRecipient
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
hasRelative
Photophone
inventedBy
U.S. Patent 174465
inventor
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
motherOf
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
namedAfter
Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
namedBy
Bell Telephone Company
notableEmployee
Victorian era
notableFigure
Bell Telephone Company
notableFounder
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
notableMember
Eliza Grace Symonds Bell
notableRelative
Melville James Bell
notableStudent
Volta Laboratory
ownedBy
Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada ("Alexander Graham Bell (historical)")
owner
Photophone
patentFiledBy
Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
primaryResident
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
relative
Edward Charles Bell
sibling
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
spouse

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