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1847-1922. Scottish-born US scientist and
inventor of the telephone. He patented his
invention 1876, and later experimented with a
type of phonograph and, in aeronautics,
invented the tricycle undercarriage.
Born in Edinburgh, Bell was educated at the
universities of Edinburgh and London and
studied under his father, who developed a
method for teaching the deaf to speak. In
1870 the family moved to Canada and Bell came
to the US, where he opened a school 1872 for
teachers of the deaf in Boston. In 1873 he
began teaching vocal physiology at Boston
University. He became a US citizen 1882.
Bell also worked on converting seawater to
drinking water and on air conditioning and
sheep breeding.