USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born American inventor and scientist. Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1870 Bell and his family emigrated to Canada. A year later Bell moved to the United States, where he taught speech to deaf students.

Detailed explanation-2: -Antonio Meucci, an Italian immigrant, began developing the design of a talking telegraph or telephone in 1849. In 1871, he filed a caveat (an announcement of an invention) for his design of a talking telegraph.

Detailed explanation-3: -By 1875, Bell, with the help of his partner Thomas Watson, had come up with a simple receiver that could turn electricity into sound. Other scientists, including Antonio Meucci and Elisha Gray, were working on similar technologies, and there’s some debate over who should be credited with the invention of the telephone.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fearful for the health of their only remaining child, the Bell’s made the decision to leave the UK and immigrate to Canada, settling in Ontario. Alexander was soon on the move again, though, accepting a position in Boston teaching at a school for the deaf in 1871.

Detailed explanation-5: -The man behind the invention of the telephone was a Scottish immigrant who taught deaf students, loved to experiment, and never left his research to head a business. Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland.