150 Years Since “Mr. Watson, Come Here.” Honoring the Call That Connected the World
The anniversary we mark today is not simply about a call between two men in adjoining rooms. It is about the birth of an industry, the power of collaboration, and the beginning of a connected world.
What Did Alexander Graham Bell Invent Other Than the Telephone?
You might be surprised to learn the extent of Bell’s genius!
7 Epic Alexander Graham Bell Inventions
Was Bell’s only major invention the telephone? Learn more about the other incredible Alexander Graham Bell inventions that affected everything from aviation to medicine. For most people, Alexander Graham Bell’s name is synonymous with the telephone. But so many other Alexander Graham Bell inventions play a crucial part in our society as well. A Foundation […]
Statement from The Alexander and Mabel Bell Legacy Foundation
Recent false claims about the life of Alexander Graham Bell and his wife, Mabel, serve no purpose other than to distort history. No record exists of Bell’s personal endorsement of any policy restricting the individual rights of people who are deaf or hard of hearing; or limiting their choice of communication; or restricting their freedom […]
Myths and Rumors about Alexander Graham Bell – FAQ
Alexander Graham Bell is considered to be one of the most important scientists and inventors the world has ever known. Upon his death in 1922, The New York Times wrote that “the little instrument he patented less than fifty years ago, scorned then as a joke, was when he died the basis for 13,000,000 telephones […]
Alexander Graham Bell Biography
Alexander Graham Bell is best known as the inventor of the telephone — the first to transmit the human voice by means of an electric current — but there was much more to this extraordinary man than his breakthrough in communications technology. His grandfather Alexander Bell was an actor, photography enthusiast and elocution professor who […]
How Did Bell Help the Deaf and Hard of Hearing?
Although he is best known as the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell actually devoted much more of this life to helping people who were deaf or hard of hearing, especially children. Bell’s mother Eliza lost most of her hearing in the 1860s when Alec was a boy. He learned to speak close to […]
About Edwin Grosvenor
Edwin Grosvenor has been the Editor-in-Chief of American Heritage and Invention & Technology Magazines and President of American Heritage Publishing since 2007. Grosvenor has written, co-authored, or edited thirteen books on American and European history including History’s Great Showdowns, The Middle Ages, and 299 Things You Should Know About American History. He has also written […]
Did Bell Endorse Racial Segregation?
No. Bell was a strong and early believer in equal rights. In 1876, Bell hired draftsman Lewis Howard Latimar, the son of a former slave, to execute his drawings and assist in the preparation of patent applications for Dr. Bell’s telephone. In 1904, Bell wrote a letter to then U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt calling for a State Department […]