Archie Frederick Collins
American radio pioneer and writer (1869-1952) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 82
Archie Frederick Collins, who generally went by A. Frederick Collins, was a prominent early American experimenter in wireless telephony and prolific author of books and articles covering a wide range of scientific and technical subjects.
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Collins conducting experiment to use a human brain as a radio wave detector![Collins demonstrating an induction wireless telephone (circa 1903)[9]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Archie_Frederick_Collins_wireless_telephone.jpg/500px-Archie_Frederick_Collins_wireless_telephone.jpg)
Collins demonstrating an induction wireless telephone (circa 1903)[9]
Advertisement for the Collins wireless phone for automobiles.
Cover of The Boys' Book of Submarines.
The only surviving Collins Wireless Telephone, c. 1908, SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention, Bellingham, Washington, U.S.About this person
His reputation was tarnished in 1913 when he was convicted of mail fraud related to stock promotion. However, after serving a year in prison, he returned to writing, including, beginning in 1922, The Radio Amateur's Handbook, which continued to be updated and published until the mid-1980s.
