As schoolchildren we learn that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. We don’t learn that this is among the least interesting things about him. It takes a book like Katie Booth’s “The ...

The telephone made a great difference in the communication patterns of people since numerous inventions have been created by people, yet none of them influenced it to such a significant extent. This ...

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, wasn’t always a great listener. Especially when it came to the deaf people whose education he considered his life’s work. That’s a key conclusion ...

Joe Donahue: The "Invention of Miracles" is a biography of Alexander Graham Bell, a revisionist biography, if you will. While best known for inventing the telephone, Bell's central work was in Deaf ...

Biography of Alexander Graham Bell which includes his involvement in Smithsonian affairs as a Regent. As a young inventor, Bell was influenced by the first Smithsonian Secretary, Joseph Henry. He ...

Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Cosmos Club; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives 30 Stat. 733 (1898), J. Res.