# Lee de Forest

> He invented the vacuum tube that made the electronic age possible - radio, long-distance calls, talking pictures - then spent most of what he earned fighting in court and losing fortunes as fast as he made them.

*American inventor (1873-1961)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lee-de-forest

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1873-08-26
- **Died:** 1961-06-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Lee de Forest, born August 26, 1873, was an American electrical engineer who in 1908 invented the Audion triode vacuum tube, the first practical electronic amplifier. That three-element device enabled the electronic oscillator and opened the door to radio broadcasting, long-distance telephone lines, and talking motion pictures. He accumulated over 300 patents worldwide, but his career was a cycle of creation and collapse: he boasted of making and losing four fortunes, burned through money on major patent lawsuits, and was even tried for mail fraud (he was acquitted). The honours came anyway - the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1922, the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1923, the Edison Medal in 1946. He died June 30, 1961.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 4.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208418/ (@nm0208418)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.leedeforest.org/

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Physics, #Television, #Film Directing, #Science, #United States, #Americas

## Timeline
- **1977** - National Inventors Hall of Fame
- **1961** - Died
- **1960** - Academy Honorary Award
- **1946** - Edison Medal
- **1929** - John Scott Award
- **1923** - Elliott Cresson Medal
- **1922** - IEEE Medal of Honor
- **1873** - Born

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