Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. As a young boy, he experimented and gathered specimens. He invented his first machine at the age of 12, a simple dehusking machine that was used for a few years at his friend's mill.
In 1865, he and his family moved to London, and he continued to experiment with sound and work at Susanna E. Hull's school for the deaf
In 1870, he and his family moved to Ontario, Canada, and he continued experiments with his "harmonic telegraph." He also opened a school in Boston in 1872 that used his father's system of Visible Speech, called "School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech." While he was working as a private tutor, one of his most famous pupils was Helen Keller. While in Boston, he continued to experiment all night long and his health deteriorated until he gave up teaching and was offered a place to stay from Thomas Sanders, a wealthy businessman. He experimented with more sound devices by himself until he was able to hire Thomas Watson as his experiment. Bell and Watson made great improvements, and on March 10, 1876, Bell spoke into the device, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” and Watson answered. Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1992, at the age of 75.
I think that if Bell wouldn't have invented the telephone, we wouldn't have had the telephone for a few more years. His main competitor Gray invented part of the telephone, but it wasn't practical for commercial use. Also, Western Union and Thomas Edison was behind Bell, too.
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