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Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922

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Alexander Graham Bell ( ; 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. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices, which eventually culminated in his being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone, on March 7, 1876. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Graham Bell is the 8th most popular inventor (down from 7th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 34th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Inventor.

Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for inventing the telephone.

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Among inventors, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 8 out of 426. Before him are Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Johannes Gutenberg, James Watt, Karl Benz, and Elon Musk. After him are Guglielmo Marconi, Henry Ford, Louis Braille, Charles Babbage, Samuel Morse, and Nikolaus Otto.

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Among people born in 1847, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 2. Before him is Thomas Edison. After him are Paul von Hindenburg, Maria Feodorovna, Otto Wallach, Bram Stoker, Auguste Escoffier, Joseph Pulitzer, Jesse James, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, and Jean Casimir-Perier. Among people deceased in 1922, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 2. Before him is Pope Benedict XV. After him are Marcel Proust, Charles I of Austria, Fredrik Bajer, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Enver Pasha, Erich von Falkenhayn, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Ernest Shackleton, Djemal Pasha, and Hermann Rorschach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 43 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Faraday (1791), Edward V of England (1470), Agatha Christie (1890), H. G. Wells (1866), Thomas Hobbes (1588), and Edmond Halley (1656). After him are Mary I of England (1516), Charles Dickens (1812), Alan Turing (1912), Alexander Fleming (1881), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), and Thomas Hardy (1840).

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Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 2. Before him are James Watt (1736). After him are Charles Babbage (1791), George Stephenson (1781), John Logie Baird (1888), Thomas Newcomen (1663), John Herschel (1792), Frank Whittle (1907), Richard Trevithick (1771), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), and Rowland Hill (1795).

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