Alexander Graham Bell was a man of great importance. He was a scottish-born inventor and educator, best known for his invention of the telephone. He invented not just the telephone but he organized and took part in inventing other things. He worked with many great people. Alexander would not start to work on the telephone until later on in his life. He was only 27 years old when he worked out the principle of transmitting speech …showed first 75 words of 1342 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1342 total…organize the Aerial Experiment Association, which worked to advance aviation. Bell also contributed to the establishment of Science magazine and helped organize the National Geographic Society. Alexander Bell became a citizen of the United States in 1882. He spent most of his later life at his estate on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He worked in his laboratory or sat at his piano playing old scottish tunes. Bell died August 2, 1922, at his home in Nova Scotia.