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This article, “Alexander Graham Bell was a world-class fraud and thief” by Miles Mathis, published on January 17, 2024, argues that Alexander Graham Bell was a fraud who stole the invention of the telephone. The author suggests that bell’s prominent family background, the Grahams and bells of Edinburgh, and Melvilles, allowed him to obscure his lack of original invention. The text claims that bell stole the idea for the telephone from Elisha Gray and Amos Dolbear, an assertion supposedly admitted by Bell Labs but hidden for over a century.

The author draws parallels between bell and Marconi, suggesting both were patent collectors rather than inventors, and links them to wealthy and noble families. Marconi, like bell, is accused of stealing credit for Tesla’s invention of radio. The article also delves into the alleged Titanic fraud, suggesting Marconi used it for self-promotion.

The text scrutinizes bell’s genealogy, pointing to “scrubbed” or incomplete records on genealogy sites as evidence of a cover-up. It highlights his family’s connections to various noble and influential families in Scotland and England, including Murray, Middleton, Liddell, Stanley, and Fitzgerald. The article also mentions other prominent individuals with the bell surname, such as Sir John Charles Bell (Lord Mayor of London), Sir James Bell (Lord Provost of Glasgow), and Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell (ironmaster and patron of William Morris and Byrne-Jones). The latter’s business partner was Robert Stirling Newall, further linking to the Stirling name. Lothian Bell, a relative, is credited with the first aluminum smelter and is the father of Gertrude Bell, who was involved in the Middle East and Iraq.

The author criticizes bell’s claimed education, suggesting he had no formal scientific or engineering training and was primarily involved in teaching elocution to the deaf. This is contrasted with Elisha Gray, who is described as having a more appropriate educational background in electrical science. bell’s early career is portrayed as being dependent on his father and mentors like Sarah Fuller and Horace Mann, both identified as “spooks” or part of a powerful, secretive lineage.

bell’s marriage to Mabel Hubbard, daughter of wealthy industrialist Gardiner Greene Hubbard, is presented as a key factor in his success. Hubbard is depicted as a major force behind Bell Telephone Company, lobbying Congress for telegraph technology and bankrolling bell. The article suggests Hubbard organized bell’s company and that bell married his daughter shortly after. Hubbard is also linked to Edison and the development of the phonograph, with improvements allegedly stolen by bell’s cousin Chester Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter at bell’s Volta Laboratory in Washington, D.C..

The narrative surrounding the invention of the telephone is questioned, with the article claiming the story of bell working on a “harmonic telegraph” and filing patents is fabricated to explain the timeline. The author points to George Brown’s involvement in patenting in Britain as suspicious. The core of the accusation lies in the patent examiner, Zenas Fisk Wilber, who allegedly admitted to being indebted to bell’s lawyer, Marcellus Bailey, and of showing Gray’s patent to bell after accepting a bribe. This is presented as definitive proof of the patent being a “copyjob” and a “brazen steal.”

The author further supports the fraud claim by questioning bell’s reported wealth at his peak and the unusual wedding gift of 99% of his stock shares to his wife, Mabel Hubbard, suggesting it was a way to transfer wealth to her father, Gardiner Greene Hubbard. bell’s subsequent year-long “honeymoon” in Capri instead of focusing on his new company is also seen as suspicious, as is the claim that his primary income for twenty years came from lecturing rather than his telephone company.

The article highlights a U.S. government attempt to annul bell’s patent on grounds of fraud and misrepresentation, which, despite lengthy legal battles, remained largely undecided. Finally, the marriage of bell’s daughter Elsie to Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, a relative of President Taft and founder of the National Geographic Society (which Hubbard also helped found), is presented as further evidence of the interconnectedness of these powerful families. The naming of Melville Bell Grosvenor and Gilbert Melville Grosvenor is seen as a continuation of the importance of the Melville name within the family network. The article concludes by emphasizing the vast network of interconnected noble families, suggesting “everyone” was related.

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