Alexander Graham Bell

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human inventor scientist teacher of the deaf

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

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Label	Occurrences
Alexander Graham Bell canonical	75
Alexander Graham Bell (historical)	1
inventor Alexander Graham Bell	1
telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ inventor ⓘ scientist ⓘ teacher of the deaf ⓘ
awardReceived	Légion d'honneur ⓘ surface form: Legion of Honour Volta Prize ⓘ
birthDate	1847-03-03 ⓘ
birthPlace	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: 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 Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Volta Bureau Volta Laboratory ⓘ
fullName	Alexander Graham Bell self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sibling	Edward Charles Bell ⓘ Melville James Bell ⓘ
spouse	Mabel Gardiner Hubbard ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

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Edison Medal → hasRecipient → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

American Institute of Electrical Engineers → notableMember → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Alexander Graham Bell → fullName → Alexander Graham Bell self-link ⓘ

Victorian era → notableFigure → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

American Telephone and Telegraph Company → foundedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

University of Edinburgh → hasNotableAlumnus → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal → namedAfter → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal → notableRecipient → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Elliott Cresson Medal → notableRecipient → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

University College London → hasNotableAlumni → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Bell System → foundedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

National Geographic Society → foundedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Bell → hasNotableBearer → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Bell → spouse → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: Mabel Gardiner Hubbard

Bell → notableFounder → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: Bell Telephone Company

Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada → namedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada → primaryResident → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada → owner → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Graham Bell (historical)

Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada → associatedPerson → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

U.S. Patent 174465 (Improvement in Telegraphy) → assignee → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Patent 174465

U.S. Patent 174465 (Improvement in Telegraphy) → inventor → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Patent 174465

U.S. Patent 174465 (Improvement in Telegraphy) → associatedPerson → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Patent 174465

photophone → inventedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: Photophone

photophone → patentFiledBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: Photophone

photophone → demonstratedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: Photophone

Eliza Grace Symonds Bell → child → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Eliza Grace Symonds Bell → notableRelative → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Eliza Grace Symonds Bell → motherOf → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Eliza Grace Symonds Bell → influenced → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Eliza Grace Symonds Bell → hasRelative → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Gardiner Greene Hubbard → relative → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Bell Telephone Company → foundedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Bell Telephone Company → notableEmployee → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Volta Laboratory → foundedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Volta Laboratory → ownedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Alexander Melville Bell → fatherOf → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Alexander Melville Bell → child → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Alexander Melville Bell → influenced → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Melville James Bell → child → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Melville James Bell → fatherOf → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Melville James Bell → influenced → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Melville James Bell → notableStudent → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Science (journal) → founder → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

subject surface form: Science

Edward Charles Bell → sibling → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

John Fritz Medal → notableRecipient → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Elisha Gray → competedWith → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

AT&T → foundedBy → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

National Inventors Hall of Fame → notable inductee → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Mabel Gardiner Hubbard → spouse → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ

Thomas Sanders → associatedWith → Alexander Graham Bell ⓘ