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"I'm going to be a musician," Aleck Bell told his grandfather. "No, you're not," his grandfather said sternly. "You will be a teacher of speech when you grow up."

Both Aleck's father and grandfather were famous teachers of speech. And to his surprise Aleck found he wanted to be one too. At sixteen, he secretly answered an ad for a teacher in Scotland.

Aleck's special ambition was to teach the deaf to speak. When his family moved from Scotland to Canada, he got a job at the Boston School for the Deaf. He taught deaf children, he taught others how to teach the deaf, and he experimented with sound. While working on a multiple telegraph with his assistant, Thomas Watson, Bell got the idea for a "talking telegraph."

Bell's telephone brought him fame and fortune. But perhaps Bell was proudest of the help he gave deaf people, among them his wife. Mrs. Montgomery, the author of over 35 books for children, describes the eager inventor with warmth and clarity.

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Elizabeth Rider Montgomery

Elizabeth Rider Montgomery

1902 - 1985
American
Elizabeth Rider Montgomery was born in Peru and spent her childhood in Missouri, where her father, a missionary, had been transferred. She attended ... See more
Mary C. Austin

Mary C. Austin

Mary C. Austin, Ed.D.  Reading Specialist and Lecturer on Education Harvard University From the book Eli Whitney: Great Inventor... See more
Gray (Dwight Graydon) Morrow

Gray (Dwight Graydon) Morrow

1934 - 2001
American
Gray Morrow, a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts to prepare for his work as a free-lance illustrator. Since 1... See more

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