Lee de Forest
1873 to 1961
11 documented presences
11 places
Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Lee de Forest across 11 places, from 1873 to 1961. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lee de Forest (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American inventor, electrical engineer, and early pioneer in electronics of fundamental importance.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Lee de Forest was documented, and when
1873year
Council Bluffs, Iowaattested
“Lee de Forest was born in 1873 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Anna Margaret ( Robbins) and Henry Swift DeForest.”
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1893year
Yale Universityattested
“In 1893, he enrolled in a three-year course of studies at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School in New Haven, Connecticut, on a $300 per year scholarship that had been established for relatives of David de Forest.”
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1893year
New Havenattested
“In 1893, he enrolled in a three-year course of studies at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School in New Haven, Connecticut, on a $300 per year scholarship that had been established for relatives of David de Forest.”
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1899year
Yaleattested
“He then completed his studies at Yale's Sloane Physics Laboratory, earning a doctorate in 1899 with a dissertation on the "Reflection of Hertzian Waves from the Ends of Parallel Wires", supervised by theoretical physicist Willard Gibbs.”
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1911year
San Franciscoattested
“De Forest moved to San Francisco, California, and in early 1911 took a research job at the Federal Telegraph Company, which produced long-range radiotelegraph systems using high-powered Poulsen arcs.”
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1920year
Bronxattested
“In early 1920, de Forest moved the station's transmitter from the Bronx to Manhattan, but did not have permission to do so, so district Radio Inspector Arthur Batcheller ordered the station off the air.”
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1920year
Manhattanattested
“In early 1920, de Forest moved the station's transmitter from the Bronx to Manhattan, but did not have permission to do so, so district Radio Inspector Arthur Batcheller ordered the station off the air.”
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October 1921month
Berlinattested
“From October 1921 to September 1922, de Forest lived in Berlin, Germany, meeting the Tri-Ergon developers (German inventors Josef Engl (1893–1942), Hans Vogt (1890–1979), and Joseph Massolle (1889–1957)) and investigating other European…”
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30 June 1961exact date
San Fernando Mission Cemeteryattested
“He died in Hollywood on June 30, 1961, aged 87, and was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.”
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30 June 1961exact date
Hollywoodattested
“He died in Hollywood on June 30, 1961, aged 87, and was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.”
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30 June 1961exact date
Los Angelesattested
“He died in Hollywood on June 30, 1961, aged 87, and was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.”
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Places Lee de Forest is documented in
Berlin1 presence · 1921Hollywood1 presence · 1961Los Angeles1 presence · 1961Manhattan1 presence · 1920New Haven1 presence · 1893San Francisco1 presence · 1911Yale1 presence · 1899Yale University1 presence · 1893
Bronx1 presence · 1920
Council Bluffs, Iowa1 presence · 1873
San Fernando Mission Cemetery1 presence · 1961
Other places tied to Lee de Forest in the record
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1879year
Talladega, Alabamamentioned
“In 1879, the elder de Forest became president of the American Missionary Association's Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, a school "open to all of either sex, without regard to sect, race, or color", and which educated primarily Af…”
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1886year
United Statesmentioned
“Even worse, the American Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company, which claimed its ownership of Amos Dolbear's 1886 patent for wireless communication meant it held a monopoly for all wireless communication in the United States, had als…”
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1891year
Gill, Massachusettsmentioned
“De Forest prepared for college by attending Mount Hermon Boys' School in Gill, Massachusetts, for two years, beginning in 1891.”
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1898year
Connecticutmentioned
“With the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, de Forest enrolled in the Connecticut Volunteer Militia Battery as a bugler, but the war ended, and he was mustered out without ever leaving the state.”
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1901year
New Yorkmentioned
“De Forest soon felt that Smythe and Freeman were holding him back, so in the fall of 1901, he made the bold decision to go to New York state to compete directly with Marconi in transmitting race results for the International Yacht races.”
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1907 to 1908period
Eiffel Towermentioned
“Eugenia Farrar sang "I Love You Truly" in an unpublicized test from his laboratory in 1907, and in 1908, on de Forest's Paris honeymoon, musical selections were broadcast from the Eiffel Tower as a part of demonstrations of the arc trans…”
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1915year
San Franciscomentioned
“In 1915, AT&T used the innovation to conduct the first transcontinental telephone calls, in conjunction with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco.”
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November 1922month
New Yorkmentioned
“In November 1922, de Forest established the De Forest Phonofilm Company, located at 314 East 48th Street in New York City, but none of the Hollywood movie studios expressed interest in his invention, and since these studios then controll…”
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November 1922month
New York Citymentioned
“In November 1922, de Forest established the De Forest Phonofilm Company, located at 314 East 48th Street in New York City, but none of the Hollywood movie studios expressed interest in his invention, and since these studios then controll…”
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12 March 1923exact date
New Yorkmentioned
“On March 12, 1923, he demonstrated Phonofilm to the press; this was followed on April 12, 1923, by a private demonstration to electrical engineers at the Engineering Society Building's auditorium at 33 West 39th Street in New York City.”
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12 March 1923exact date
New York Citymentioned
“On March 12, 1923, he demonstrated Phonofilm to the press; this was followed on April 12, 1923, by a private demonstration to electrical engineers at the Engineering Society Building's auditorium at 33 West 39th Street in New York City.”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
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