Alexander Graham Bell

1847–1922

Inventor of the telephone.

Lifetime

1847–1922

Birthplace

Edinburgh

Field

Innovation

Life & Work

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Key Inventions

The Telephone collectible card — Scottish Inventions Collection

Europe's First Passenger Steamboat (Comet) collectible card — Scottish Inventions Collection

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Colin Macfarquhar & Andrew Bell · 1768

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