Reginald Fessenden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Reginald Fessenden

Canadian radio pioneer

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1866

Place of Birth: Estrie, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1932

Profession: engineer, physicist, inventor, university teacher

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-born inventor, who did a majority of his work in the United States and also claimed U.S.
citizenship through his American-born father.
During his life he received hundreds of patents in various fields, most notably ones related to radio and sonar. Fessenden is best known for his pioneering work developing 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 a lack of verifiable details has led to some doubts about this claim.