Introduction

■ Many forces helped shaped the genius of him. As the son and grandson of
speech experts, he had unique knowledge of the possibilities of sound. As the
son of a deaf mother, he had a true appreciation of the effort required to live in
a hearing world. These two factors helped set he on the road to the telephone.
 The Early Years

■ On March 3, 1847 he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

■ May 21, 1868 he begins teaching speech to the deaf at
Susanna Hull’s school for deaf children in London.
 The 1870’s

■ 1870 he and his family emigrate to Canada and

settle in Brantford, Ontario.
■ 1872 He opens his School Vocal Physiology and
begins experimenting with the multiple
telegraph.
 Him Family Life

■ On July 11, 1877 he and Mabel Hubbard are married.

■ On May 8, 1878 daughter Elsie May Bell is born.
■ On February 15, 1880 daughter Marion (Daisy) Bell is
born.
■ In 1881 him son Edward is born, but dies in infancy. In
1883 him son Robert also dies in infancy.
 The Early Telephone

■ 1874 he first conceives the idea for the

telephone. He meets Thomas Watson, a young
electrician who would become his assistant.
 Him Telephone

■ On March 6, 1876 United States Patent No.

174,465 is officially issued for him telephone.
■ On March 10, intelligible speech is heard for
the first time when he calls to Watson, “Mr.
Watson--Come here--I want to see you.”
 Him Silver Dart

■ Glenn Curtiss, Thomas Selfridge, Casey

Baldwin, J.A.D. McCurdy, and he form the
Aerial Experiment Association (AEA).
■ The AEA’S Silver Dart makes the first flight
of a heavier-than-air machine in Canada.
 The Later Years

■ He spent the last decade of his life improving

hydrofoil designs, and in 1919 he and Casey
Baldwin built a hydrofoil that set a world water-
speed record that was not broken until 1963.
■ In the summer of 1886 he begins buying land in
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
■ On August 2, 1922, at the age of 75, He died at
his home in Nova Scotia,Canada. When he died,
every phone in North America was turned off
and silent in his honor.I hope you enjoyed
learning about he today. Goodbye till next time!
 Him Museum
■ Provides a center for the commemoration and
interpretation of he and his associates.
■ Functions as a center for the study of him
scientific and humanitarian work.
■ A variety of services and resources are available
to the public.
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