Who+is+Alexander?

__ Innovator Profile __ Born: March 3, 1847 Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland Died: August 2, 1922 Primary residence: Boston Massachusetts Primary innovation: “Electrical Speech Machine” (the telephone) (March 10, 1876) Other innovations: microphone Family: Mother - Deaf, musician and painted portraits Father - taught deaf people how to speak Education: school for 5 years Other jobs held: taught deaf people Other inventors/innovators they worked with: Thomas Watson helped him with his inventions Influenced by other innovators/inventors: education of deaf people Other information: - Opened a school - Made the telephone when he was 27 years old