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Canadian-American inventor of telephone (–)

This article is about the inventor of the telephone. For the song about him, see The Sweet.

Alexander Graham Bell (, born Alexander Bell; March 3, – August 2, )^[4] was a Scottish-born^{[N 1]}Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.

He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in

Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work.^[8] His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices, which eventually culminated in his being awarded the first U.S.

patent for the telephone, on March 7, ^{[N 2]} Bell considered his invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.