Editing Alexander Graham Bell (section)

===Honorary degrees===
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Alexander Graham Bell, who could not complete the university program of his youth, received at least a dozen honorary degrees from academic institutions, including eight honorary [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]]s (Doctorate of Law), two Ph.D.s, a D.Sc., and an M.D.:<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=MacDougall |editor-first=D. |title=Scots and Scots Descendant in America |chapter=Part V: Alexander Graham Bell |chapter-url={{google books|kX3XAAAAMAAJ|plainurl=yes|page=162}} |publisher=Caledonian |location=New York |date=1917 |page=162 |access-date=September 18, 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Gallaudet College]] (then named National Deaf-Mute College) in Washington, D.C. (Ph.D.) in 1880{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://provost.gallaudet.edu/Academic_Affairs/Honorary_Degrees/Honorary_Degree_Recipients.html |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |website=Gallaudet University |location=Washington, DC |access-date=July 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618060032/http://provost.gallaudet.edu/Academic_Affairs/Honorary_Degrees/Honorary_Degree_Recipients.html |archive-date=June 18, 2010  }}</ref>
* [[University of Würzburg]] in Würzburg, Bavaria (Ph.D.) in 1882{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}
* [[Heidelberg University]] in Heidelberg, Germany (M.D.) in 1886{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}<ref name="DCB">{{cite DCB |first=Lawrence |last=Surtees |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bell_alexander_graham_15E.html |title=BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM |volume=15 |access-date=March 6, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, Massachusetts (LL.D.) in 1896{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}
* [[Illinois College]], in Jacksonville, Illinois (LL.D.) in 1896, possibly 1881{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ic.edu/RelId/614303/ISvars/default/Honorary_Degrees_Conferred.htm |website=Illinois College |title=Honorary Degrees Conferred |access-date=September 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032410/http://www.ic.edu/RelId/614303/ISvars/default/Honorary_Degrees_Conferred.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Amherst College]] in Amherst, Massachusetts (LL.D.) in 1901{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}
* [[University of St Andrews]] in St Andrews, Scotland (LL.D) in 1902{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}
* [[University of Oxford]] in Oxford, England (D.Sc.) in 1906{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}
* [[University of Edinburgh]] in Edinburgh, Scotland (LL.D.) in 1906{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Graduations |website=University of Edinburgh |url=http://www.scripts.sasg.ed.ac.uk/registry/Graduations/Honorary_Graduates.cfm |access-date=September 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901034227/http://www.scripts.sasg.ed.ac.uk/registry/Graduations/Honorary_Graduates.cfm |archive-date=September 1, 2015  }}</ref>
* [[The George Washington University]] in Washington, D.C. (LL.D.) in 1913{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}
* [[Queen's University at Kingston]] in Kingston, Ontario, Canada (LL.D.) in 1908{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/h/honorary-degrees |title=Honorary Degrees |website=Queen's University |access-date= October 14, 2020 }}</ref>
* [[Dartmouth College]] in Hanover, New Hampshire (LL.D.) in 1913,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/06/26/100569465.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/06/26/100569465.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Dartmouth graduates 208: Alexander Graham Bell Among Those Receiving Honorary Degrees |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 26, 1913 |access-date=July 30, 2009}}</ref> possibly 1914{{sfn|MacDougall|1917|p=162}}