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Reginald Fessenden
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Canadian radio pioneer (1866–1932)
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Reginald Fessenden was a male physicist, inventor, university teacher, and engineer from Canada. Born in Bolton-Est in 1866, he was educated at Bishop's University and spoke English. His professional career included positions as a professor at Purdue University and the University of Pittsburgh. He worked in the field of technology and received the IEEE Medal of Honor and the John Scott Award.
Fessenden died in Bermuda in 1932. He is recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection.
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Key facts
- Born
- Reginald Aubrey Fessenden , ( 1866-10-06 ) October 6, 1866, East Bolton , Canada East , Province of Canada , British North America
- Died
- July 22, 1932 (1932-07-22) (aged 65), Bermuda
- Citizenship
- Canada United States
- Education
- Trinity College School Bishop's College School
- Alma mater
- University of Bishop's College (no degree)
- Known for
- Inventing amplitude modulation (1900) Inventing the beat frequency oscillator (1901) Inventing the hot-wire barretter (1902) Patenting a heterodyne (1905) Fessenden oscillator (1912)
- Spouse
- Helen May Trott ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1890 )
- Mother
- Clementina Trenholme
- Awards
- IRE Medal of Honor (1921) John Scott Medal (1922)
- Discipline
- Electrical engineering
- Sub discipline
- Radio-frequency engineering
- Years active
- 1886–1932
- Institutions
- Purdue University (1892–1893) University of Pittsburgh , (1893–1900)
- Employers
- Edison Machine Works (1886) West Orange Laboratory , (1886–1890) U.S. Weather Bureau , (1900–1902)
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Reginald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Bolton-Est
- Place of death
- Bermuda
- Occupation
- engineer
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Bishop's University
- Employer
- University of Pittsburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- technology
- Image
- Fessenden.JPG
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- Reginald Fessenden
- date of birth
- 1866-10-06
- date of death
- 1932-07-22
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Encyclopedic overview
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-American electrical engineer and inventor who received hundreds of patents in fields related to radio and sonar between 1891 and 1936 (seven of them after his death).
Fessenden pioneered developments in radio technology, including the foundations of amplitude modulation (AM) radio. His achievements included the first transmission of speech by radio (1900), and the first two-way radiotelegraphic communication across the Atlantic Ocean (1906). In 1932 he claimed that, in late 1906, he had also made the first radio broadcast of entertainment and music, although that claim has not been well documented.
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