At the age of 19, he wrote a report on his work and sent it to philologist Alexander Ellis, a colleague of his father (who would later be portrayed as Professor Henry Higgins in Pygmalion). Ellis immediately wrote back indicating that the experiments were similar to existing work in Germany, and also lent Bell a copy of Hermann von Helmholtz's work, The Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who did Bell get to read his work? ANS1 Alexander Ellis QSN2 What country was doing work similar to Bell's? ANS2 Germany QSN3 Who wrote The Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music? ANS3 Hermann von Helmholtz QSN4 How old was Bell when he wrote his paper? ANS4 19 QSN5 What fictional character is based on Alexander Ellis? ANS5 Professor Henry Higgins