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Alexander Melville Bell | |
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| Born | 1 March 1819 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 7 August 1905 (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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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.
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]
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