Edwin Howard Armstrong
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Person
- Born
- 1890-12-18
- Died
- 1954-01-31
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- <i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program
· 2009 · cited 30,693x
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,319x
- MobileNetV2: Inverted Residuals and Linear Bottlenecks
· 2018 · cited 21,044x
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,907x
- AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEGTJAREFF METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, AND A PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE CHROMIC ACID TITRATION METHOD
· 1934 · cited 16,648x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1890-12-18 ) December 18, 1890, New York City , US
- Died
- February 1, 1954 (1954-02-01) (aged 63), New York City, US
- Alma mater
- Columbia University
- Known for
- Armstrong oscillator Armstrong phase modulator Superheterodyne receiver Regenerative circuit FM radio
- Spouse
- Esther Marion McInnis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1922 )
- Awards
- IRE Medal of Honor (1917) Holley Medal (1940) Franklin Medal (1941) AIEE Edison Medal (1942) Washington Award (1951)
- Fields
- Radio-frequency engineering
- Institutions
- Columbia University
- Academic advisors
- Michael Pupin
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1917–1919
Key dates
- Born
- 18 December 1890
- Died
- 31 January 1954
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Howard
- Family name
- Armstrong
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- physicist
- Position held
- professor
- Employer
- Columbia University
Article
Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – February 1, 1954) was an American radio-frequency engineer and inventor who developed FM (frequency modulation) radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
He held 42 patents and received numerous awards, including the first Medal of Honor awarded by the Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE), the French Legion of Honor, the 1941 Franklin Medal and the 1942 Edison Medal. He achieved the rank of major in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I and was often referred to as "Major Armstrong" during his career. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and included in the International Telecommunication Union's roster of great inventors. He was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame posthumously in 2001. Armstrong attended Columbia University, and served as a professor there for most of his life.
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1890 births1954 deaths1954 suicides20th-century American inventorsAmerican electronics engineersAmerican PresbyteriansAmerican recipients of the Legion of HonourAmerican telecommunications engineersAnalog electronics engineersColumbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumniColumbia School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty