Alexander Melville Bell

Alexander Melville Bell (1 March 1819 – 7 August 1905) 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.

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Alexander Melville Bell
Birth dateMarch 01, 1819
Birth place
Edinburgh , Scotland
Date of deathAugust 07, 1905
Resting place
Rock Creek Cemetery
Education
University of Edinburgh
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