Alexander Melville Bell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Melville Bell

British linguist

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1819

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Aug-1905

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Alexander Melville Bell (1 March 1819 – 7 August 1905) was a teacher and researcher of physiological phonetics and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution. Additionally he was also the creator of Visible Speech which was used to help the deaf learn to talk, and was the father of Alexander Graham Bell.