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Professor Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor | Professor Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, Canadian wireless pioneer and inventor | ||
1866: Born 6th October 1866, in East-Bolton, Quebec, Canada<ref name="Wikipedia">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Fessenden Reginald Fessenden] on Wikipedia.</ref> | |||
1906 Christmas Day: broadcast the first radio programme, including his own violin performance of "Oh Holy Night", from Massachussetts; a few people heard it along the US Atlantic coast <ref>The Times, December 29, 2006</ref> | Educated at New York and Port Hope, Ontario. | ||
Inspecting engineer to the Edison Company, New York. | |||
1892: Took up teaching work and conducted classes in physics and electrical engineering at Western University, Philadelphia. | |||
1893: Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western University, Philadelphia. | |||
1900: Special Agent to the U.S. Weather Bureau. | |||
1906: Received wireless telegraph signals in Scotland from Massachussetts with the expenditure of less than 1kW of electrical energy.<ref>The Times, Aug 23, 1913</ref> | |||
1906: Christmas Day: broadcast the first radio programme, including his own violin performance of "Oh Holy Night", from Massachussetts; a few people heard it along the US Atlantic coast.<ref>The Times, December 29, 2006</ref> | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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== Sources of Information == | == Sources of Information == | ||
[[1925_Who's_Who_in_Wireless_Telegraphy|The Year Book of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, 1925]] | |||
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[[Category: Biography]] | [[Category: Biography - Radio]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:24, 20 November 2016
Professor Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, Canadian wireless pioneer and inventor
1866: Born 6th October 1866, in East-Bolton, Quebec, Canada[1]
Educated at New York and Port Hope, Ontario.
Inspecting engineer to the Edison Company, New York.
1892: Took up teaching work and conducted classes in physics and electrical engineering at Western University, Philadelphia.
1893: Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western University, Philadelphia.
1900: Special Agent to the U.S. Weather Bureau.
1906: Received wireless telegraph signals in Scotland from Massachussetts with the expenditure of less than 1kW of electrical energy.[2]
1906: Christmas Day: broadcast the first radio programme, including his own violin performance of "Oh Holy Night", from Massachussetts; a few people heard it along the US Atlantic coast.[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
The Year Book of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, 1925
- ↑ Reginald Fessenden on Wikipedia.
- ↑ The Times, Aug 23, 1913
- ↑ The Times, December 29, 2006