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The Alexander Graham Bell is a Wetherspoon pub in Edinburgh, Edinburgh. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground Lavazza coffee. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11pm.
- The Alexander Graham Bell Edinburgh
A pub named after the inventor of the telephone and located...
- The Alexander Graham Bell Edinburgh
- Framed Photograph, Drawing and Text About Alexander Graham Bell.
- Framed Prints and Text About Sir Henry Raeburn and Sir John Sinclair.
- Framed Prints, Photographs and Text About Sir Walter Scott.
- Framed Photographs and Text About Joseph Lister, First Baron Lister.
- A Framed Drawing, Photograph and Text About James Clerk Maxwell.
- Framed Drawings, Prints and Text About Alexander and John Runciman.
- A Framed Drawing, Print and Text About Allan Ramsey.
- Framed Photographs, Drawing and Text About The University of Edinburgh.
- A Framed Drawing, Photograph and Text About The New Town.
- Framed Drawings, Photograph and Text About The Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The text reads: Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S patent for the telephone in 1876. Many ot...
The text reads: Sir Henry Raeburn was born in the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh on 4 March 1756. He was orphaned at an early age and was raised by his elder brother. At 15 he was apprenticed to the jeweller James Gilliland, who was so impressed with his minute drawings on Ivory that he introduced him to the city’s leading portraitist, David Martin....
The text reads: Walter Scott was born in the Old Town of Edinburgh in 1771. He suffered a bout of polio when he was 2 years old that left him lame. As a cure he was sent to live with his grandparents at Sandyknowe, on the rural borders. It was here that his aunt Jenny, proved to be a great influence on the young Walter, she taught him to read and h...
The text reads: Joseph Lister was born on 5th April 1827. In keeping with his parents beliefs he was educated at a Quaker school before entering University College, London, in 1843. He initially studied the Arts, but graduated with honours as Bachelor of Medicine and entered the Royal College of Surgeons at the age of 25 in 1852. He moved to Edinbu...
The text reads: James Clerk Maxwell was born on 13th June 1831 at the home his parents had built on India Street in Edinburgh. The family soon moved to a rural location outside Dumfries, where James could develop a natural curiosity for the world around him. James’s mother initially began his education at home, but she sadly died of abdominal cance...
The text reads: Alexander Runciman, was born in Edinburgh on 15 August 1736. He also taught art in Edinburgh, with one of his noted pupils being the Neo-Classical painter Jacob More. Alexander’s youngest brother John, his junior by eight years, learnt his early drawing and etching from his elder sibling. They formed a strong bond and worked closely...
The text reads: Allan Ramsay, was born in Edinburgh on 2nd October 1713. His father of the same name was a famous poet. He attended Edinburgh High School where he excelled at languages, before enrolling in 1729 at the Academy of St Luke. In 1732, he set up as a portrait painter in Castlehill. Like many painters of the time, Ramsay sailed to the con...
The text reads: In 1789, the neoclassical architect Robert Adam submitted his plans for the construction of a new University at Edinburgh to replace the collection of dilapidated buildings. Subscriptions were raised to fund a new structure, with the foundation stone laid in November of that same year. The proposal was that there would be a “First C...
The text reads: The New Town area of Edinburgh, is often considered to be a masterpiece of city planning and is by far the largest area of Georgian architecture in Europe. It is referred to as the New Town, despite the fact that it was built in stages between 1765 and around 1850. Its neo-classical architecture is still largely residential and ther...
The text reads: The Palace of Holyroodhouse is The Queen’s official residence in Scotland. The fine baroque building stands at the end of the Royal Mile and has been the setting of some of the most dramatic episodes in Scotland’s rich history. Holyrood was founded as a monastery in 1128 by King David I, and quickly grew into an Abbey at which James...
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- +44 131 240 8220
- 128 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JZ Scotland
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- 0131 240 8220
- 128 George Street, Edinburgh, I-EH2 4JZ, United Kingdom
Locations and visitor attractions associated with Alexander Graham Bell: Edinburgh. 16 South Charlotte Street: Bell's birthplace. National Museum of Scotland: Communicate! gallery: Shows how communication shapes the world. Some information on Bell in the 'Pioneers and Personalities' section. Elgin. Pluscarden Abbey: Bell's favourite haunt. Back ...
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This strange-looking device was the first model of telephone to go on sale. But can its creator, Alexander Graham Bell, truly lay claim to the title ‘inventor of the telephone’?
