- Credited with the invention of the telephone. Formed AT&T on March 3, 1885.
- Adopted the middle name Graham out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a family friend.
- Professor of Vocal Physiology and Elocution at Boston University's School of Oratory.
- Formed the Aerial Experiment Association with Glenn Curtiss.
- Became an American citizen in 1882.
- Biography in: "Leaders of the Information Age", edited by David Weil. Pages 49-52, "Alexander Graham Bell" by Christopher Mari. Bronx, New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 2004.
- Inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1974.
- Developed what has since been recognized as the world's first metal detector to try the locate the bullet inside the body of President James A. Garfield, who had been shot by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881. While Garfield's doctor, Dr. Willard Bliss, told reporters Bell found the bullet, in fact, he had not because Bliss would not allow Bell to examine the left side of Garfield's body, where the coroner later found the bullet. Garfield died from massive infection and blood poisoning on September 19, 1881. A medical inquiry determined Garfield's death was primarily the result of the incompetence of his doctors, most notably, Bliss.
- Inducted into the Scottish Science Hall of Fame.
- Inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1965.
- Inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2016.
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