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Reginald Fessenden

1866 - 1932

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reginald Fessenden has received more than 522,189 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Reginald Fessenden is the 146th most popular inventor (up from 193rd in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 128th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Reginald Fessenden ranks 146 out of 354. Before him are Jang Yeong-sil, Georg Luger, Heinrich Göbel, Alfred Vail, Viktor Schauberger, and Nikolai Kardashev. After him are Jethro Tull, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Mary Anderson, Fausto Veranzio, Hiram Maxim, and Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Reginald Fessenden ranks 39. Before him are Enrique Simonet, Francesco Cilea, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Leopold Mandić, La Goulue, and Ambroise Vollard. After him are Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Vasily Kalinnikov, Voltairine de Cleyre, Adrien de Gerlache, and Alikhan Bukeikhanov. Among people deceased in 1932, Reginald Fessenden ranks 35. Before him are John Charles Fields, Georg Kerschensteiner, Kang Pan-sok, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Tomáš Baťa, and Ahmed Shawqi. After him are Ovide Decroly, John Philip Sousa, Johannes Schober, Louis Anquetin, King C. Gillette, and René-Louis Baire.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Reginald Fessenden ranks 82 out of 1,350. Before him are Rachel McAdams (1978), Yvonne De Carlo (1922), Rick Moranis (1953), Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), and Victor Garber (1949). After him are Simon Newcomb (1835), Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Michael Ironside (1950), Justin Bieber (1994), Jack L. Warner (1892), and Graham Greene (1952).

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Among INVENTORS In Canada

Among inventors born in Canada, Reginald Fessenden ranks 2. Before him are James Naismith (1861). After him are Gerald Bull (1928), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), and Yvonne Brill (1924).

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