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When Edison neglected development of the phonograph, which at its inception was barely functional, Hubbard helped his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, organize a competing company in 1881 that developed wax-coated cardboard cylinders and disks for used on a graphophone.
In 1877 Gardiner Greene Hubbard formed the Bell Telephone Company to exploit the invention. The company controlled a highly lucrative monopoly on telephone communication in the USA: the multinational telecommunications giant AT&T is its direct descendant.
Aug 29, 2022 · In 1877, Alec established The Bell Telephone Company with his father-in-law, Gardiner Greene Hubbard. 1n 1885, the two men established The American Telephone and Telegraph Company—the world’s first long-distance telephone network.
Jul 29, 2024 · One of Bell’s students was Mabel Hubbard, daughter of Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a founder of the Clarke School. Mabel had become deaf at age five as a result of a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever. Bell began working with her in 1873, when she was 15 years old.
- David Hochfelder
- Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born American inventor and scientist. Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1870 Bell and...
- Although Alexander Graham Bell is best remembered as the inventor of the telephone, he invented other devices too. Bell developed several sonic tec...
- The first telephone had two parts: a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter comprised three parts—a drumlike device (a cylinder with a covered...
May 21, 2021 · By October 1874, Bell's research had progressed to the extent that he could inform his future father-in-law, Boston attorney Gardiner Greene Hubbard, about the possibility of a multiple telegraph. Hubbard, who resented the absolute control then exerted by the Western Union Telegraph Company, instantly saw the potential for breaking such a ...
- Mary Bellis
The Bell Telephone Company was organized in Boston, Massachusetts on July 9, 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize a sister company — the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Having lost her hearing after a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever close to her fifth birthday, [75] [76] [N 11] she had learned to read lips but her father, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Bell's benefactor and personal friend, wanted her to work directly with her teacher.
