Alexander Graham Bell is a name of great significance in American history today. A skillful inventor and generous philanthropist, he astounded the world with his great ideas that proved to be both innovative and extremely practical in the later half of the 19th century. Most notable, of course, are Bell's work in developing the telephone and his venerable life-long endeavor to educate the deaf. Originally, his only wish was to help deaf people overcome their …showed first 75 words of 351 total…

…showed last 75 words of 351 total…family and his education definitely had a deep influence on his career. Born in Scotland in 1847 to his parents Melville and Eliza Bell. He was born into a family who was very interested in communications, dating back to his grandfather Alexander Bell. Alexander Bell was an actor and orator who had a passion for communications. His mother was a painter and an accomplished musician. His father was a teacher of the deaf who wrote speech