Alexander Graham Bell at BU
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Alexander Graham Bell, a BU professor from 1874 to 1879, invented the telephone in 1876 after having his research on a new device for transmitting speech funded by BU. He appears here at a 1916 BU reception marking the 40th anniversary of his invention. Photo courtesy of Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.