Alexander Grahaam Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was a teacher and an author of textbooks for the deaf. Graham was interested in electricity, but he wasn't good at making machines. Thomas Watson, helped him and in 1875 he invented the telephone. He designed and created the phonograph and record players. He died on August 2, 1922. He patented more than twenty inventions.