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Bell, whose wife and mother were deaf, was a leader in, and lifelong advocate for, deaf education. Bell mentored Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, throughout her lifetime and recommended the school where she taught, the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts, to Helen’s parents. Click here to learn more
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Bell, whose wife and mother were deaf, was a leader in, and lifelong advocate for, deaf education. Bell mentored Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, throughout her lifetime and recommended the school where she taught, the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts, to Helen’s parents. Click here to learn more
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“In the importance of the principles involved, I regard [the photophone] as the greatest invention I have ever made.” In 1880, Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant, Charles Sumner Tainter, wirelessly transmitted speech 1300 feet using a beam of light. Bell regarded his “photophone” as a greater achievement than the telephone. Lasers and ultrapure glass […]