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Lee de Forest, (born August 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.—died June 30, 1961, Hollywood, California), American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made possible live radio broadcasting and became the key component of all radio, telephone, radar, television, and computer systems before the invention of the transistor in 1947. Although de Forest was bitter over the financial exploitation of his inventions by others, he was widely honoured as the “father of radio” and the “grandfather of television.” He was supported strongly but unsuccessfully for the Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Movies 17
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Ain't She Sweet (1928)
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Dick Henderson (1926)
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My Old Kentucky Home (1926)
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Sweet Adeline (1926)
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Bleak House (1926)
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From Far Seville (1923)
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Casey at the Bat (1922)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1873-08-26
Deathday1961-06-30 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, USA
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RelationshipsMarie Mosquini (1930-01-01 - 1961-06-30), Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (1908-01-01 - 1911-01-01), Lucille Sheardown (1906-01-01 - 1906-01-01)
FatherRev. Henry Swift de Forest
MotherAnna Margaret Robbins
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsLegion of Honour, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Elliott Cresson Medal, IEEE Medal of Honor, IEEE Edison Medal, Edison Medal
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