“Mr. Watson come here”. this was some of the first words ever spoken on the telephone, by Alexander G. Bell. Alexander was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in March 1847. he had a lively childhood. When he was a kid his parents called him Alex. As a kid he loved nature and he loved to collected plants, and studied animals. When Alex got to be older he work with his dad in his workshop.
In 18816 Alex and Mr. Watson (his partner), helped him to make the first telephone. After he quit he got to help the U.S President James A. Garfield, because he got shot in the upper back part of his body. long story short the doctors Could not locate the bullet so they ask Alex to invent a invention that could help the doctors. Alex had a ,
wife, Mabel Hubbard who was 10 years younger than him! She was also deaf. Together they had 4 children, Elsice {1878- 1964} and Marian {1880-1964} plus 2 boys who died in infancy.
Alex had a lot of obstacles to face. Including the company having 550 court challenges, some even went to supreme court. But non were successful. When Alex died all of the telephone Systems shut down for about 1 min. for his life.
Alex changed how we communicate today and it all started when he was a teenager and He never gave up.
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