David Edward Hughes
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Welsh-American scientist and musician (1831–1900)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1830-05-16 ) 16 May 1830, London or Corwen , Denbighshire
- Died
- 22 January 1900 (1900-01-22) (aged 69), London
- Known for
- Teleprinter , Microphone , Early radio wave detection
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edwin
- Family name
- Hughes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bala
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- teacher
- Instrument
- harp
- Image
- David Edward Hughes.jpg
- Residence
- Bowling Green
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- Commons category
- David Edward Hughes
- member of
- Royal Society
- date of death
- 1900-01-22
- date of birth
- 1831-05-16
- Commons gallery
- David E. Hughes
- archives at
- National Library of Wales
- name in native language
- David Edward Hughes
- place of burial
- Highgate Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
David Edward Hughes (16 May 1830 – 22 January 1900), was a Welsh-American inventor, practical experimenter, and professor of music known for his work on the printing telegraph and the microphone. He is generally considered to have been born in London but his family moved around that time so he may have been born in Corwen, Wales.
His family moved to the U.S. while he was a child and he became a professor of music in Kentucky. In 1855 he patented a printing telegraph. He moved back to London in 1857 and further pursued experimentation and invention, coming up with an improved carbon microphone in 1878.
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