Reginald Fessenden

Canadian radio pioneer (1866-1932) · Canada · Scientists · Died at 65

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Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-American electrical engineer and inventor who received hundreds of patents in fields related to radio and sonar between 1891 and 1936.

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Whitney Institute in Bermuda, founded in 1881, of which Fessenden was headmaster

Cobb Island on the Potomac River, scene of the first successful radio transmission of speech in the fall of 1900.

April 1904 company advertisement[19]

Awards

National Inventors Hall of Fame2000

John Scott Award1922

IEEE Medal of Honor1921

Person of National Historic Significance

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Country

Canada

Scientists from Canada 6

Gilles Brassard52.8

Steve Mann52.3

Norman L. Bowen52.9 Joseph Cafazzo52.3

John Garand53.0

Richard S. Sutton52.2

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