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Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Alex was very curious as a young boy. He began to be
curious Alex was an excellent piano player. He could listen to a
song once and play it back in one try! Alex’s mother, Eliza, was
deaf. The family and friends spoke to When Alex was ten, he was not going to regular schools. He was not a very good student, anyway. He would rather practice music or study sounds than study Latin and Greek. For math, Alex only cared for the explanation. After school, he liked working on sounds and scientific matters. He would collect plants and dead animals such as mice, toads, rabbits, dogs, and cats. Then he would dissect them. Alex even experimented with his dog by gently pressing on his dog's mouth and voice box. By doing this, the dog could make noises that sounded like, "How are you, Grandma?" Alex finished high school at the age of 15. Alex's bad
grades did not get him into Alex was grateful to his grandfather. Alex didn't only learn his lessons very well, he also learned about life. The one year Alex spent in London with Grandpa Bell changed Alex's life. He became a man in that one year. |
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about sound after getting lost while on a family outing. He didn't
know that he was lost, and he wandered into a wheat field and put his ear to
the ground. Alex wanted to know if wheat made a sound when it grew. After listening for a while, he realized it didn't make a sound when it
grew. He decided to go back, but he found himself lost! Then he
heard his father call out his name. He found by listening to his father’s
voice, he could find his father! He kept following his voice and he
finally found him! This experience made Alex more curious about sound than
he ever was before. 
her through a rubber tube, but not
Alex! He figured out that if he spoke in low tones close to her forehead,
she could understand what he was saying.
college with his brothers. His father wanted
his son to do something important in life, so his father sent him to London,
England to live with Grandpa Bell. Alex knew deep down inside that this
trip was the best for him. Alex's grandfather was a speech teacher and an
author. His grandfather would help Alex with school. He made
learning fun. Alex soon learned to love studying. Alex continued
playing the piano. His favorite hobby was reading and writing. He
read sound and speech books by his grandfather.
