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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 2149
- Address:
1782 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
- GPS location:
34.103321, -118.326555
Lee De Forest
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Biography
Lee de Forest (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American inventor with over 180 patents to his credit. De Forest invented the Audion, a vacuum tube that takes relatively weak electrical signals and amplifies them. De Forest is one of the fathers of the “electronic age”, as the Audion helped to usher in the widespread use of electronics. He is also credited with one of the principal inventions that brought sound to motion pictures.
Fact file
- Born: August 26, 1873 Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.
- Died: June 30, 1961 (aged 87) Hollywood, California, U.S.
- Occupation: Inventor
- Known for: Triode
- Spouse: Lucille Sheardown (m. 1906) «start: (1906)»“Marriage: Lucille Sheardown to Lee De Forest” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_De_Forest) Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (m. 1907–1911) «start: (1907)–end+1: (1912)»“Marriage: Nora Stanton Blatch Barney to Lee De Forest” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_De_Forest) Mary Mayo (m. 1912–?) Marie Mosquini (m. 1930–1961) «start: (1930)–end+1: (1962)»“Marriage: Marie Mosquini to Lee De Forest” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_De_Forest)
- Parents: Henry Swift DeForest Anna Robbins
- Relatives: Calvert DeForest (grandnephew)
Read more about Lee De Forest at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
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