# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-guyton-cady
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:32:49.929Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-guyton-cady"
name: "Walter Guyton Cady"
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description: "Walter Guyton Cady was an American physicist and electrical engineer. He was a pioneer in piezoelectricity, and in 1921 developed the first quartz crystal oscillator."
tagline: "American physicist (1874–1974)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1874-12-10"
deathDate: "1974-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump