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Bell, Alexander Melville

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Born: 1819 AD
Died: 1905 AD, at 86 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Educators

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1819 - Born on the 1st of March in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1843-1865 - He lectured on elocution at the University of Edinburgh.

1865-1870 - At the University of London he also lectured on elocution.

1870-1871 - He lectured in the Lowell Institute course in Boston.

       - Became a lecturer on philology at Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario.

1871 - He was immigrated to US and naturalized US citizen.

1881 - In Washington, D.C., he devoted himself to the education of deaf mutes by the "Visible Speech" method of orthoepy.

1905 - Alexander Melville Bell died on 7th of August.

 





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