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Landell de Moura

Brazilian priest and radio pioneer (1861-1928)

  • Fame48.3
  • Momentum15.0
  • Wikipedia1.6K
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Lived 1861–1928, aged 67Brazil
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  • Wikipedia
    6 languages
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  • Era
    1861–1928
    Aged 67
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-07-20

Father Roberto Landell de Moura, commonly known as Roberto Landell, was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and inventor. He is best known for his attempts in the 1880s to develop long-distance audio transmissions device that combined an improved megaphone device and a photophone. Landell received patents in Brazil and the United States during the first decade of the 1900s in which he also included designs that he claimed could transmit voice using radio waves.

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Source confidence35.0
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