Born: 26-Aug-1873
Birthplace: Council Bluffs, IA
Died: 30-Jun-1961
Location of death: Hollywood, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Inventor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube

Father: (Congregationalist minister)
Wife: Lucille Sheardown (m. 1906, div. 1907)
Wife: Nora Stanton Blatch (m. 14-Feb-1908, div. 1911)
Wife: Mary Mayo (m. 23-Dec-1912, div.)
Wife: Marie Mosquini (m. Oct-1930, until his death)

    High School: Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA
    University: BS, Sheffield School of Science, Yale University
    University: PhD, Sheffield School of Science, Yale University (1896)

    IEEE Medal of Honor 1922
    IEEE Edison Medal 1946
    Oscar (honorary) 1960
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1750 Vine St. (motion pictures)
    Mail Fraud Indicted 1913, acquitted

Author of books:
Father of Radio (1915, memoir)

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