Frederick George Creed
Frederick George Creed (1871-1957), Chairman and Managing Director of Creed and Co.
1871 Born in Canada
1885 Entered Submarine Cable Service at Canso, Nova Scotia; served 10 years as Land and Cable Telegraphist in North and South America
1897 Conceived the idea of a typewriter-style machine that would enable complete Morse code signals to be punched in the tape simply by operating the corresponding character keys. Moved to Scotland to develop the Automatic Telegraphic Keyboard Perforator
1902 The superiority of Creed's invention over the "stick perforator" then in use attracted the attention of the GPO, who placed an order for 12 machines.
With the aid of a small team of mechanics Creed produced two further machines, an Automatic High-speed Morse Telegraph Receiving Perforator and a Printer.
Later developed High-speed Wireless Transmitting Keys for High and Low Powers, various Telegraph Relays, and a balanced Slide Valve for Steam and other Fluid Pressure Engines.
1914 The first person to apply Printing Telegraph to Wireless.
1930 retired as chairman of the Company.
He continued to invent, financing schemes with the money received from disposal of his interest in the Company; his ideas included a mid-ocean "Sea Drome" based on his earlier project for an "unsinkable" boat.
1957 Died at his Croydon home
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Sources of Information
- [1] Creed and Co