The patent for his telephone was granted in 1876. He became an American citizen 6 years later in 1882. He spent a lot of his life in Canada, ending up in Baddeck, Cape Breton, where there is a fascinating museum devoted to his work which included many inventions other than the telephone.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/05/15 20:43, Terence Heaford wrote: > >> Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. >> > > I am surprised, wrong, and stand corrected. > > BUT . . . did he self-identify as a Scot at the time he "invented" the > telephone? > > My children have self-identified themselves as Scots, British, Bulgarian > and American at various times in > their lives; all of those self-identifications are equally valid as far as > I can see. > > Richmond. > > >> All the best >> >> Terry >> >> On 11 May 2015, at 18:31, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Not really: as far as I know, his father was Scots, while he, himself >>> was born in the USA. >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
