Edwin H. Armstrong

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electrical engineer human inventor

Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.

Aliases (1)

Edwin Howard Armstrong ×8

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electrical engineer → human → inventor →
academicAdvisor	Michael I. Pupin →
awardReceived	Edison Medal → Medal of Honor of the Institute of Radio Engineers →
causeOfDeath	suicide →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1890-12-18 →
dateOfDeath	1954-01-31 →
developed	high-fidelity FM broadcasting → wideband FM system →
educatedAt	Columbia University → Columbia University School of Engineering →
employer	Columbia University →
familyName	Armstrong →
fieldOfWork	electrical engineering → radio engineering → telecommunications →
fullName	Edwin Howard Armstrong →
givenName	Edwin →
heldPatentFor	FM radio system → regenerative circuit → superheterodyne receiver → superregenerative receiver →
influenced	modern radio broadcasting → telecommunications engineering →
knownFor	development of FM radio → invention of the regenerative circuit → invention of the superheterodyne receiver → invention of the superregenerative receiver →
memberOf	Institute of Radio Engineers →
middleName	Howard →
militaryBranch	United States Army Signal Corps →
nationality	American →
notableWork	frequency modulation radio → regenerative circuit → superheterodyne receiver → superregenerative receiver →
occupation	engineer → inventor → professor →
placeOfBirth	Chelsea, Manhattan → New York City →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
relative	John H. Hammond Jr. →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Marion MacInnis →
stateOfBirth	New York →
stateOfDeath	New York →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armstrong ("Edwin Howard Armstrong") → Howard ("Edwin Howard Armstrong") →	hasNotableBearer
IRE Medal of Honor ("Edwin Howard Armstrong") → John Fritz Medal →	notableRecipient
Edwin H. Armstrong ("Edwin Howard Armstrong") →	fullName
Edison Medal ("Edwin Howard Armstrong") →	hasRecipient
superregenerative receiver ("Edwin Howard Armstrong") →	inventedBy
Howard →	isMiddleNameOf
Howard ("Edwin Howard Armstrong") →	isNameOf
Institute of Radio Engineers →	notableMember
Marion MacInnis →	spouse
superheterodyne receiver ("Edwin Howard Armstrong") →	wasInventedBy