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Reginald Fessenden

1866 - 1932

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Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-American electrical engineer and inventor who received hundreds of patents in fields related to radio and sonar between 1891 and 1936 (seven of them after his death). Fessenden pioneered developments in radio technology, including the foundations of amplitude modulation (AM) radio. His achievements included the first transmission of speech by radio (1900), and the first two-way radiotelegraphic communication across the Atlantic Ocean (1906). In 1932 he reported that, in late 1906, he also made the first radio broadcast of entertainment and music, although that claim has not been well documented. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reginald Fessenden is the 205th most popular inventor (down from 172nd in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Canada (down from 114th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Reginald Fessenden ranks 205 out of 426. Before him are Georges Claude, Eunice Newton Foote, Hovannes Adamian, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Josip Belušić, and Max Skladanowsky. After him are Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Royal Rife, James Dyson, Édouard Branly, Charles Xavier Thomas, and Helmut Gröttrup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Reginald Fessenden ranks 59. Before him are Johann Strauss III, Kazys Grinius, Elizabeth von Arnim, Gustav Cassel, Kazimierz Twardowski, and Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin. After him are Holger Nielsen, Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Robert Broom, Roger Fry, António José de Almeida, and Antonia Maury. Among people deceased in 1932, Reginald Fessenden ranks 60. Before him are Rudolf Bauer, Emil Orlík, Kenneth Grahame, Paul Neumann, Hovannes Adamian, and Lytton Strachey. After him are Farabundo Martí, Max Slevogt, Ivar Kreuger, Nureddin Pasha, Arnošt Muka, and María Blanchard.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Reginald Fessenden ranks 169 out of 1,622. Before him are Loreena McKennitt (1957), Joshua Slocum (1844), Brian Mulroney (1939), Fay Wray (1907), Jacques Villeneuve (1953), and André Bessette (1845). After him are Jane Bell (1910), Deanna Durbin (1921), David Foster (1949), Sid Meier (1954), Norman L. Bowen (1887), and James Gosling (1955).

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Among INVENTORS In Canada

Among inventors born in Canada, Reginald Fessenden ranks 2. Before him are James Naismith (1861). After him are Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), Gerald Bull (1928), and Yvonne Brill (1924).

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