The James A. Hijiya Collection of Lee De Forest, [ca. 1905-1977]
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Hijiya, James A.,
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James A. Hijiya (Brown University Class of 1971), is the author of Lee De Forest and the Fatherhood of Radio (Bethlehem, Pa. : Lehigh University Press : c1992). From the description of The James A. Hijiya Collection of Lee De Forest, [ca. 1905-1977] (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 145430538 ...
De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
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Lee De Forest was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on August 26, 1873. He was a graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1896 and received a Ph.D. from Yale in 1899. He was an important contributor in the development of wireless telegraphy in the United States. He started multiple radio broadcasting companies and patented 300 inventions in his lifetime. In 1904, he was awarded the gold medal at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. He died on June 30, 1961. F...
