Description
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, into a family involved in research into articulatory phonetics. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, was the creator of the Visible Speech system, which was used to help deaf people learn to speak. Bell’s mother, Eliza, was hard of hearing, which inspired the young Bell to take on great scientific challenges. The Bell family moved from Scotland to Canada, and then to America.
In Boston, from 1871 to 1873, Graham Bell worked at a school for the deaf and mute, where he came up with the idea of creating a new device – the telephone. He filed his patent with the Western Union office, and on March 10, 1876, Bell made the first successful telephone conversation with his assistant, electrician Thomas Watson, uttering the famous words: “Watson, come here. I want to see you.” The conversation took place over a 12-meter wire that connected the telephone to the laboratory in the attic. After this, Bell continued to promote his telephone at various events, and just a year later the Bell Telephone Society was founded, in which Bell worked on improving his invention.
In January 1915, Bell established a transcontinental telephone connection between New York and San Francisco. In addition to the telephone, his scientific contributions include other revolutionary discoveries such as the photophone, metal detectors, and ailerons. Alexander Graham Bell was one of the founders of the National Geographic Society. He dedicated his entire life to the empowerment and integration of deaf people into society. In recognition of his overall work, the World Health Organization designated March 3 as World Hearing Day, the birthday of this remarkable man. He died on August 2, 1922, in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Professional cooperation: PTT Museum Belgrade
Artistic realisation of the issue: MA Marija Vlahovic, Academic Graphic Artist
