Reginald Aubrey Fessenden

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Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer best known for making some of the earliest audio radio broadcasts and key contributions to wireless telephony.

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instanceOf human
inventor
radio pioneer
birthDate 1866-10-06
birthPlace East Bolton, Quebec, Canada NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Canada
United States of America
deathDate 1932-07-22
developed early amplitude modulation (AM) techniques
heterodyne principle
high-frequency alternator for radio transmission
educatedAt Bishop’s College School NERFINISHED
Bishop’s University (did not complete degree) NERFINISHED
employer Thomas Edison NERFINISHED
United States Weather Bureau NERFINISHED
Western University of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
familyName Fessenden NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
radio
wireless telegraphy
wireless telephony
givenName Reginald NERFINISHED
influenced development of commercial radio broadcasting
development of modern radio receivers
knownFor AM radio
continuous-wave radio transmission
early radio broadcasting
first audio radio broadcast
wireless telephony
name Reginald Aubrey Fessenden NERFINISHED
notableEvent Christmas Eve broadcast on 1906-12-24
first known audio radio broadcast on 1900-12-23
occupation electrical engineer
inventor
professor
patentHolder heterodyne receiver patent
high-frequency alternator patent
radio telephony patents
performedBroadcast Christmas Eve 1906 radio program including music and speech
New Year’s Eve 1906 radio program NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Hamilton, Bermuda NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of electrical engineering at Western University of Pennsylvania
residence Bermuda NERFINISHED
Brant Rock, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Helen May Trott NERFINISHED
workedOn wireless communication over long distances

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