Alexander Graham Bell honors and tributes
Alexander Graham Bell honours and tributes include honours bestowed upon him and awards named for him.
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Alexander Graham Bell received numerous tributes during his life, and new awards were subsequently named for him posthumously.
Major awards and tributes
Among those tributes:
Other citations, honours and awards
Other posthumous tributes
Honorary names of schools, organizations, awards, and placenames
A number of schools, institutes, organizations, academic scholarships, awards, and places have been named in honour of Bell. A number of historic sites and other marks also commemorate both him and the first telephone company buildings. Among them are:
Of international stature (partial list):
In Canada (partial list):
In France:
In India:
In Germany:
In Mexico:
In New Zealand:
In Russia:
In South Africa:,
In Switzerland:
In Spain:
In The Netherlands:
In the United Kingdom (partial list):
In the United States (partial list):
Alexander Graham Bell in popular culture
In fiction
In music
In film and TV
Other references to Bell's corporate namesakes
Corporate namesakes
The 'Bell' trademark has been used and is still in use with a variety of telephone companies in North America and around the world, including (partial list):
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Bruce, Robert V. Bell: Alexander Bell and the Conquest of Solitude. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8014-9691-8.
- Grosvenor, Edwin S. & Wesson, Morgan. Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone, Harry Abrams, 1997, ISBN 0810940051, ISBN 9780810940055.
- Pizer, Russell A. The Tangled Web of Patent #174465, AuthorHouse, 2009, ISBN 1-4389-8402-2, ISBN 978-1-4389-8402-5.
External links
- Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Park, in Baddeck, Victoria County, Nova Scotia;
- The Bell Homestead Society which maintains two historic buildings in Brantford, Ontario related to the extended Bell family;
- Alexander Graham Bell Institute at Cape Breton University
- Alexander Graham Bell Family Collection at the United States Library of Congress Manuscript Division, containing approximately 140,000 documents and photographs.
Further reading
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