| Alexander Graham Bell  Born: 3-Mar-1847
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: 2-Aug-1922
Location of death: Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cause of death: Diabetes complications
Remains: Buried, Beinn Breagh Estate, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Inventor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Inventor of the telephone Father: Alexander Melville Bell
Mother: Eliza Grace Symonds
Wife: Mabel Hubbard (b. 25-Nov-1857, m. 11-Jul-1877, deaf)
Daughter: Elsie May (b. 1878)
Son: (d. 1879, in infancy)
Daughter: Marian Hubbard Bell Fairchild ("Daisy", married botanist David G. Fairchild, b. 1880, d. 1962)
Son: (d. 1883, in childbirth)
High School: Royal High School of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Teacher: Weston House Academy, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland
University: University of Edinburgh
Professor: Somersetshire College, Bath, England
Professor: Boston University
Smithsonian Institution Regent
Bell Telephone Company (Chief Electrician, 1877-80)
National Geographic Society founding member
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Hughes Medal 1913
French Legion of Honor
National Aviation Hall of Fame
IEEE Edison Medal 1914
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Naturalized US Citizen 1882
Units of Measure sound (bel, decibel)
Risk Factors: Dyslexia, Diabetes
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