Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974

Biographical Notes

Date	Event
1847, Mar. 3	Born, Edinburgh, Scotland
1868-1870	Attended University College, London, England
1870	Emigrated with his parents to Canada
1871-1878	Instructed teachers in the use of visible speech in a number of educational institutions in the Boston, Mass., area
1873-1876	In charge of the education of a deaf child, George Sanders Engaged in experiments leading to the invention of a phonautograph, a multiple telegraph, and an electric speaking telegraph or telephone
1876, Mar. 10	Bell's telephone transmitted its first intelligible complete sentence
1877	Married Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
1880	Received the Volta Prize and established the Volta Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
1883	Established the publication Science in cooperation with Gardiner G. Hubbard
1891	Began experiments to develop motor-powered heavier-than-air craft
1898	Began experiments which led to the development of tetrahedral kites
1898-1903	President, National Geographic Society
1898-1922	Regent, Smithsonian Institution
1907	Founded the Aerial Experiment Association
1908	Began development of the hydrodrome (hydrofoil)
1922, Aug. 2	Died, Beinn Bhreagh, near Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada

Date	Event
1819, Mar. 1	Born, Edinburgh, Scotland
1843-1865	Teacher of elocution
1844	Married Eliza Grace Symonds (died 1897)
1849	Published A New Elucidation of the Principles of Speech and Elocution (Edinburgh: the author. 311 pp.)
1867	Published Visible Speech: The Science of Universal Alphabetics (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 126 pp.)
1868	Lectured in Canada and the United States
1870	Emigrated to Brantford, Ontario, Canada, where he became professor of elocution at Queens College, Kingston
1881	Moved to the United States
1885	Elected fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1898	Married Harriet Guess Shibley
1905, Aug. 7	Died, Washington, D.C.