Lee de Forest
American inventor
Lee de Forest was an American inventor and a fundamentally important early pioneer in electronics. He invented the first practical electronic amplifier,
the three-element "Audion" triode vacuum tube in 1906. This helped start the Electronic Age,... Wikipedia
Born: August 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, IA
Died: June 30, 1961 (age 87 years), Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Marie Mosquini (m. 1930–1961), Mary Mayo (m. 1912–1930), Nora Stanton Barney (m. 1908–1911), and more
Children: Harriet De Forest
Awards: IEEE Edison Medal, IEEE Medal of Honor, Academy Honorary Award, and more
Parents: Anna Robbins and Henry Swift DeForest