Lee de Forest

Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest c. 1904
Born	(1873-08-26)August 26, 1873 Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 30, 1961(1961-06-30) (aged 87) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale College (Sheffield Scientific School)
Occupation	Inventor
Known for	Three-electrode vacuum-tube (Audion), sound-on-film recording (Phonofilm)
Spouses	Lucille Sheardown ​ ​ (m. 1906; div. 1906)​ Nora Stanton Blatch Barney ​ ​ (m. 1908; div. 1911)​ Mary Mayo ​ ​ (m. 1912; div. 1923)​ Marie Mosquini ​ (m. 1930)​
Relatives	Calvert DeForest (grandnephew)
Awards	IEEE Medal of Honor (1922) Elliott Cresson Medal (1923) IEEE Edison Medal (1946)

Lee de Forest (1873-1961) was an American inventor. His inventions helped to create radio and television. He is sometimes described as the "Father of Radio".^[1] In his lifetime, he had created over 300 inventions.

1. ↑ "De Forest—Father of Radio" by Hugo Gernsback, Radio-Craft, January 1947, p. 17.