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.

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Edwin Howard Armstrong 8
Edwin H. Armstrong canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electrical engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
academicAdvisor Michael I. Pupin ⓘ
awardReceived Edison Medal ⓘ
IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ
surface form: 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 H. Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Institute of Radio Engineers → notableMember → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
IRE Medal of Honor → notableRecipient → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Howard Armstrong
Edison Medal → hasRecipient → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Howard Armstrong
Edwin H. Armstrong → fullName → Edwin H. Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Howard Armstrong
superheterodyne receiver → wasInventedBy → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Howard Armstrong
Howard → isMiddleNameOf → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
Howard → isNameOf → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Howard Armstrong
Howard → hasNotableBearer → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Howard Armstrong
Armstrong → hasNotableBearer → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Howard Armstrong
superregenerative receiver → inventedBy → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Howard Armstrong
Marion MacInnis → spouse → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ
John Fritz Medal → notableRecipient → Edwin H. Armstrong ⓘ