Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
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He patented the telephone in 1876 and considered it an intrusion on his real work. Bell refused to keep one in his study, viewing the device that would reshape human connection as a distraction from what he actually cared about: the science of speech, hearing, and heredity.
Born in Scotland in 1847, Bell grew up in a family steeped in elocution—his father, grandfather, and brother all worked on speech, while his mother and wife were both deaf. That confluence pushed him toward experiments with hearing devices, which led to the U.S. patent for the telephone on March 7, 1876. He co-founded AT&T in 1885, but spent his later decades chasing other obsessions: optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, aeronautics. From 1898 to 1903 he served as the second president of the National Geographic Society, writing for the magazine under the anagram H. A. Largelamb. His studies…
Sourced, dated quotes from Alexander Graham Bell
I begin my work at about nine or ten o'clock in the evening and continue until four or five in the morning. Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.
Perseverance must have some practical end, or it does not avail the man possessing it. A person without a practical end in view becomes a crank or an idiot.
I am a believer in unconscious cerebration. The brain is working all the time, though we do not know it. At night it follows up what we think in the daytime.
You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.
Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to see you.
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