On March 6, 1891, 44-year-old Alexander Graham Bell gave a speech at the National Deaf-Mute College in Washington, DC, in which he essentially told an audience of deaf students they shouldn’t ...

The name Alexander Graham Bell has become indelibly tied to the telephone (so much so that I'm surprised we don't call those handheld lifelines Bell phones instead of cell phones). It was 100 years ...

Alexander Graham Bell called his assistant, Thomas Watson, on March 10, 1876. Communication has evolved ever since. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA ...

Bell had a deep fascination with voice and deafness. Keller was healthy baby until 18 months after her June 1880 birth. In 1882, she suffered a fever that left her blind and deaf.

So, on Alexander Graham Bell Day, maybe take a second to appreciate the fact that a 19th-century inventor with an obsession for sound made it all possible.

Graham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847 and went on to become an expert in sound and public speaking, according to America's Library. Using his sound skills, he created the telephone and ...

Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell’s Quest to End Deafness By Katie Booth 402 pp. Simon & Schuster. $30. A version of this article appears in print on ...

Three days later, on March 10, 1876, Bell successfully made the world's first telephone call from his lab at 5 Exeter Pl. in Boston, saying the famous words "Mr. Watson, come here.