Recording Pioneers


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PIONEER

Alexander Graham BELL

nationality
occupation
birth 3 March 1847, Edinburgh, UK
baptism
death 2 Aug 1922, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, CANADA
burial
marriage

Mabel Gardiner HUBBARD

b. .... 1857, .........
d. .... 1923, .........

children
  • Elsie May B.

    b. .... 1878, .......
    d. .... 1964, ..........

  • Marian Hubbard ("Daisy")

    b. .... 1880, .........
    d. .... 1962, ..........

  • Edward

    b. .... 1881, d.y.

  • Robert

    b. .... 1883, d.y.


PARENTS

father Alexander Melville BELL

b. .... 1819, ...........
d. .... 1905, ...........

mother(1)1): Eliza Grace SYMONDS

b. .... 1809, ........
d. .... 1897, ...........

children
  • Melville James

    b. .... 1845, ........
    d. .... 1870, ..........

  • Alexander Graham

    b. 3 March 1847, Edinburgh, UK
    d. 2 Aug 1922, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, CANADA

  • Edward Charles

    b. .... 1848, ........
    d. .... 1867, ............

mother(2)2): Harriet SHIBLEY

b. ...........
d. ..............

children

LIFE


source: biography.com (excellent website)
President of the National Geographic Society from 1898 to 1903



1901 ENGLAND & WALES CENSUS (31 Mar 1901, Richmond, Surrey, England):




Chichester A. BELL (54y)
SS "MINNEAPOLIS"
dep. Southampton: 21 Feb 1903
arr. New York: 4 Mar 1903
Residence: Teignmouth, ENGLAND
Destination: Washington


NOTES

  • biography.com
  • "The Development of Sound Recording at the Volta Laboratory" by Raymond R. Wile (in: ARSC Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2 of Fall 1990 (pp. 208-225)); also online


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