Biography Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 3, 1847. Bell’s father was a professor of speech elocution at the University of Edinburgh and his mother, despite being deaf, was an accomplished pianist. Young Alexander was an intellectually curious child who studied piano and began inventing things at an early age. Both of his brothers passed away from tuberculosis by the time Bell was in his early twenties. At age 11 he entered the Royal High School at Edinburgh, but he did not enjoy the compulsory curriculum, and he left school at age 15 without graduating. along with his family, moved to Canada. The following year, he settled in United States. While in the U.S., Bell implemented a system his father developed to teach deaf children called “visible speech”. In 1872, he opened the School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech in Boston. While teaching, Bell met Mabel Hubbard, a deaf student. The couple married on July