Editing Alexander Graham Bell

[[File:Alexander Graham Bell.jpg|thumb|right|Alexander Graham Bell]]
'''Alexander Graham Bell''' invented the first [[telephone]].  He was born in Scotland.  He made the first telephone call in 1876.<ref>https://www.ducksters.com/biography/alexander_graham_bell.php</ref>  He patented the telephone, and founded Bell Telephone company.

He lived in the United States.

He preferred to use the word "Ahoy" to greet someone on the telephone vs. [[Thomas Edison]] who preferred "Hello". <ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/02/17/133785829/a-shockingly-short-history-of-hello</ref>

He also invented the metal detector and the audiometer.<ref>https://www.ducksters.com/biography/alexander_graham_bell.php</ref>

His metal detector was used by doctors to try to find the bullet that killed President [[James Garfield]].  The bullet was not found using the device. <ref>https://clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/jg20.html</ref>

[[File:Alexander Graham Bell and family.jpg|thumb|right|Alexander Graham Bell with his family, ~1885]]

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