Bell was born on March 3,1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, taught deaf mutes to speak, wrote textbooks on correct speech. His father was the inventor of "visible speech", a code that indicated the position and action of the throat, tongue, and lips in uttering various sounds. The "visible speech" symbols helped to teach the deaf how to "speak". Alexander's mother, Eliza Grace Symonds, was an accomplished musician and portrait painter. When Graham was around twelve his mother began to lose her ability to hear. Graham became an expert in "Visible Speech" so he could help his mother and his father with teaching people.

Alexander and his two brothers helped their father give public demonstrations of "visible speech", in 1862. Around the same time, Graham applied for a job as a student teacher at Weston House, an all boys' school near Edinburgh. He taught music and speech in exchange for

In 1872, Alexander began his experiments with the telegraph. One of the experiments he did was trying to send multiple messages over a single line at the same time. While visiting his father in Brantford during 1874, he developed the idea for the telephone. When Graham returned to Boston, he continued his work with telegraphy, but kept the telephone in mind. After experimenting for sometime, he realized that he lacked the experience and time for some of his experiments. So he went to seek the help of Thomas Watson. They became fast friends and eventually Watson received a share in Bell's telephone patents in return for his early work.

However, Bell did not take an active part in the telephone business. Sometimes Bell was called into court to testify against those who claimed they had invented the telephone. In all cases, the court denied their claim.

On March 7, 1876, the patent was issued. Three days later, Bell transmitted human speech for the first time. Bell demonstrated his telephones at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Graham and Watson performed many successful demonstrations and were given great honor for their invention.

instruction in other subjects. After a year studying at the University of Edinburgh, he became a full-time teacher. He also studied at the University of London and used "Visible Speech" to teach a class of deaf children.

Bell worked on a lot of experiments involving the telegraph. During th

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