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Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor · 1847-1922

Worked out the telephone at his parents' house in Brantford and spent his last thirty years in Cape Breton.

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Life story

1. March 3, 1847 · Edinburgh, Scotland
   Born in Edinburgh
2. 1870 · Brantford, Ontario
   The family moved to Brantford after both his brothers died of tuberculosis
3. March 7, 1876 · Boston, Massachusetts
   Granted the telephone patent
4. August 10, 1876 · Brantford, Ontario
   Made the first long-distance call, Brantford to Paris, Ontario
5. 1886 · Baddeck, Nova Scotia
   Built Beinn Bhreagh at Baddeck on Bras d'Or Lake
6. February 23, 1909 · Baddeck, Nova Scotia
   His Aerial Experiment Association flew the Silver Dart, the first flight in Canada
7. August 2, 1922 · Baddeck, Nova Scotia
   Died at Baddeck

In the timeline

• 1876 — The first long-distance call
• 1909 — The Silver Dart flies

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Alexander Graham Bell
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia