Alexander Melville Bell
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Alexander Melville Bell (1 March 1819 – 7 August 1905)[2] was a teacher and researcher of physiological phonetics and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution.
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Born | (1819-03-01)1 March 1819 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | 7 August 1905(1905-08-07) (aged 86) Washington D.C., U.S. |
Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Education | University of Edinburgh |
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Employer | various universities |
Spouses | Eliza Symonds (m. 1844)
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Children | Melville James Bell (1845–70) Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) Edward Charles Bell (1848–67) |
Parent(s) | Alexander Bell (1790–1865) Elizabeth Colville (d. 1856) |
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Additionally he was also the creator of Visible Speech which was used to help the deaf learn to talk, and was the father of Alexander Graham Bell.[3]