Editing Alexander Graham Bell (section)

===Education===
As a young child, Bell, like his brothers, was schooled at home by his father. At an early age, he was enrolled at the [[Royal High School (Edinburgh)|Royal High School]] in Edinburgh. But he left at age 15, having completed only the first four forms.{{sfn|Mackay|1997|p=31}} His school record was undistinguished, marked by absenteeism and lacklustre grades. His main interest remained in the sciences, especially biology, while he treated other school subjects with indifference, to his father's dismay.{{sfn|Gray|2006|p=11}} Upon leaving school, Bell travelled to London to live with his grandfather, Alexander Bell, on [[Harrington Square]]. During the year he spent with his grandfather, a love of learning was born, with long hours spent in serious discussion and study. The elder Bell took great efforts to have his young pupil learn to speak clearly and with conviction, attributes he would need to become a teacher himself.<ref>{{cite book |last=Town |first=Florida |title=Alexander Graham Bell |location=Toronto, Ontario |publisher=Grolier |date=1988 |page=7 |isbn=978-0-7172-1950-6 }}</ref> At age 16, Bell secured a position as a "pupil-teacher" of [[elocution]] and music at Weston House Academy in [[Elgin, Moray]], Scotland. Although enrolled as a student in Latin and Greek, he instructed classes himself in return for board and £10 per session.{{sfn|Bruce|1990|p=37}} The next year, he attended the [[University of Edinburgh]], joining his brother Melville, who had enrolled there the previous year. In 1868, Bell completed his matriculation exams and was accepted for admission to [[University College London]], though he did not complete his studies, as his family emigrated to Canada in 1870 following the deaths of his brothers Edward and Melville from tuberculosis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Graham Bell |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Graham-Bell |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>