Alexander Grahm Bell Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone grew out of his research into ways to improve the telegraph. His soul purpose was to help the deaf hear again. Alexander Graham Bell was not trying to invent the telephone, he was just trying to help out people in need. Young Alexander Graham Bell, Aleck as his family knew him, took to reading and writing at a precociously young age. Bell family lore told …showed first 75 words of 897 total…

…showed last 75 words of 897 total…their ringing for a silent minute in tribute to the man whose yearning to communicate made them possible. Alexander Graham Bell was a man of many talents. Aleck had accomplished many things in his life, the telephone, the joy of helping deaf people speak, and the marriage of him and his wife. The next time you pick up the phone think about the man that made it possible for all of us, Alexander Graham Bell.