Lee de Forest was an American inventor, electrical engineer, and early pioneer in electronics of fundamental importance. He invented the first practical electronic amplifier, the three-element "Audion
Lee de Forest c. 1904
De Forest, some time between 1914 and 1922, with two of his Audions, a small 1-watt receiving tube (left), and a later 250-watt transmitting power tube (right), which he called an "oscillion".
American DeForest Wireless Telegraph Company's observation tower, 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis, Missouri
Ohio Historical Marker: On July 18, 1907, Lee de Forest transmitted the first ship-to-shore messages that were sent by radiotelephone.
Marie Mosquini was an American film actress.
Lee de Forest
…infant daughter, Deena (born c. 1919); they divorced on October 5, 1930 (per Los Angeles Times). Mayo died December 30, 1957, in a fire in Los Angeles. Marie Mosquini (1899–1983) and he married on October 10, 1930; Mosquini was a silent-film actress, and they remained married until his death in 1961. De Forest was a…
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