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2 days ago · Alexander Graham Bell (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ. ə m /, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
3 days ago · Marrying deaf Mabel Hubbard in 1877 only strengthened his commitment to developing communication devices further; Gardiner Greene Hubbard then served as one of Bell’s primary financial supporters demonstrating these enduring personal ties that supported Bell in his research endeavors.
Jun 20, 2024 · Influenced by his father, Melville, a professor of elocution, and his deaf mother, Eliza; the loss of his brothers, Melville and Edward, to Consumption; and marriage to his deaf pupil, Mabel Hubbard, Bell left a legacy to the world that few could imagine living without.
Jun 4, 2024 · Bell married Mabel Gardiner Hubbard in 1877, and the couple had four children. Mabel, who was deaf, played a significant role in Bell’s personal and professional life, supporting his work and sharing his passion for communication technologies.
Jun 13, 2024 · Facing difficult personal financial challenges, Gardiner Hubbard thanked Alec for his for his proposed loan. Financial matters for the Bell Telephone Company, at this time an association between Bell, Hubbard, Thomas Sanders, and Thomas Watson, were also in dire straits.
Jun 25, 2024 · The Bell Patent Association was formed by Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Sanders, and Gardiner Hubbard when filing the first patents for the telephone in 1876. Bell Telephone Company, the first telephone company, was formed a year later. It later became a part of the American Bell Telephone Company.
Jun 23, 2024 · Although he married a deaf woman, a former speech pupil, Mabel Hubbard, Bell strongly opposed intermarriage among congenitally deaf people. Bell feared the "increased prevalence of deafness" of the human race by the propagation of deaf people even though most deaf people statistically are born to hearing parents.
