Lee De Forest

  • Known for: Director
  • Date of birth: 1873. August 26.
  • Place of birth: Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Lee de Forest, (born August 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.—died June 30, 1961, Hollywood, California), American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made possible live radio broadcasting and became the key component of all radio, telephone, radar, television, and computer systems before...

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