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Leo Fender
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American inventor and founder of the Fender company (1909–1991)
OverviewAI-generated
Leo Fender was an American guitar maker, musical instrument maker, businessperson, and inventor. Born in Anaheim in 1909, he began his work period in 1948. He is recognized for his contributions to the music industry, having received a Technical Grammy Award and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Fender authored the work *Guitars from George & Leo*. He lived in the United States and spoke English. Fender died in Fullerton in 1991 from natural causes, with Parkinson's disease listed as both his medical condition and cause of death.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Guitars from George & Leo
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 11
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leo+Fender">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Random Forests
· 2001 · cited 115,822x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,148x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,551x
- Bagging predictors
· 1996 · cited 13,154x
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Key facts
- Born
- Clarence Leonidas Fender , ( 1909-08-10 ) August 10, 1909, Anaheim, California , U.S.
- Died
- March 21, 1991 (1991-03-21) (aged 81), Fullerton, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Inventor
- Known for
- Fender , Music Man , G&L Musical Instruments
- Notable work
- Fender Telecaster , Fender Stratocaster , Fender Precision Bass , Fender Bassman
- Spouses
- Esther Klosky ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1934 ; died 1979 ) Phyllis Fender ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Anaheim
- Place of death
- Fullerton
- Occupation
- luthier
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- FGF museum 01. Leo and early models.jpg
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- Commons category
- Leo Fender
- date of birth
- 1909-08-10
- date of death
- 1991-03-21
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons Creator page
- Leo Fender
- name in native language
- Leo Fender
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) was an American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. First prototype of the Fender Esquire (1949)Fender designed the company's iconic early instruments: the Fender Telecaster, the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar; the Fender Stratocaster, among the most iconic electric guitars; and the Fender Precision Bass, which set the standard for electric basses. He also designed the Fender Bassman amplifier, which became the archetype for later amplifiers (notably by Marshall and Mesa Boogie) that dominated rock and roll music.
Fender, who was not a guitarist himself, was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leo Fender” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.