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Alexander Graham Bell (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ. ə m /; born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) [4] was a Scottish-born [N 1] Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
Graham appears in the records of Scotland as the Earl of Menteith in 1493. Likely the grandson of Malise Graham, it is of some debate whether this Earl Alexander was the son of Patrick Graham (Earl Malise's second son) or was the son of Alexander Graham (Earl Malise's first son who died in 1471). Most evidence seems to show that Patrick Graham ...
Alexander Graham (born 28 April 1995) is an Australian retired swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships ...
The Bell Homestead National Historic Site, located in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, also known by the name of its principal structure, Melville House, was the first North American home of Professor Alexander Melville Bell and his family, including his last surviving son, scientist Alexander Graham Bell.
Alexander Graham (swimmer) (born 1995), Australian swimmer; Alexander H. Graham (1890-1977), American attorney and politician; Alexander C. Graham (1881-1957), mountaineer and guide in New Zealand; Alex Graham (footballer) (1889-1972), Scottish footballer, played for Hurlford, Hamilton Academical, Larkhall Utd, Woolwich Arsenal, Vale of Leven ...
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, [1] United States, Watson was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston in 1872. [2] He was then hired by Alexander Graham Bell, who was then a professor at Boston University. They were known for the invention of the telephone.
The Volta's research was later absorbed into the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (now also known as the 'AG Bell') upon its creation when the Volta Bureau merged with the AAPTSD in 1908, with Bell's financial support. [46] The AAPTSD was renamed as the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf in 1956.
Sir Alexander Michael Graham (born 27 September 1938) is a former Lord Mayor of London. He served from 1990 to 1991. Graham has also served as an alderman and as Sheriff of the City of London. [1] From 2000 to 2013, he served as Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod. He went to St. Paul's School London from 1951 to 1956