Alexander Graham Bell

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Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922). [Certificate] 1891 May 8, New York [to] Miss Mary E. Loveless.

Bell signs his name to the certificate of membership, validating that Mary E. Loveless has paid her annual $2 dues and is entitled a full membership to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf. Known both for his invention of the telephone in 1876 and his teaching of the deaf, Bell taught at Boston University and Oxford, using Visible Speech and a system of notation to teach students with hearing impairments. He also experimented in eugenics, aviation, and telegraphy, and became associated with organizations such as the National Geographic Society and the Smithsonian Institution. Born in Scotland, Bell became a U.S. citizen in 1882.

 

This certificate is available on the digital library project I Remain.