Lee De Forest Biography

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Doctor Lee De Forest was one of the very first pioneers and early innovators of the American radio industry and is a name in high regard that will continue to live on for years and years to come. He was born August 26, 1873 just outside of Council Bluffs, Iowa where he was raised by his mother Anna Margaret and his father Henry Swift De Forest. Henry De Forest was a congregational minister, and later the President of Talladega College, which was an African American school in Talladega Alabama where the family would later relocate. As a child, Lee was often persuaded by his father to continue the family tradition and venture into the Ministry. However, Lee’s strong and inventive mind led him to venture into the study of Electronics where he would clearly make a name for himself. He Attended Mount Hermon School and in 1893 later enrolled into the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in Connecticut. One of his early exploits came in the form of him tapping into the university’s electrical system which caused the entire campus to black out. This shortly led in a short suspension from the college however, he later earned his bachelors degree in 1896 while using the money he received from his early Mechanical invention’s to finance his education expenses. In 1899, he would later attain his…show more content…
Radio stations began to develop all over the country, while at the same time Military and commercial businesses helped push popularity and advance technology in the reception of radio waves. Later on in Deforest life he ventured into other endeavors such as inventing the first “Sound on Film Systems,”, which ultimately brought sound to motion pictures, He also dipped into politics quite frequently in his broadcast as he was a conservative Republican and fervent anti-communist and
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