Edwin Howard Armstrong

Also known as Edwin Armstrong, Edward Howard Amstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor (1890–1954)

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1890
Active to: 1954

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5 total works indexed

<i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program
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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
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· 2003 · cited 21,263x
AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEGTJAREFF METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, AND A PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE CHROMIC ACID TITRATION METHOD
· 1934 · cited 17,138x

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Quotes

“Anyone who has had actual contact with the making of the inventions that built the radio art knows that these inventions have been the product of experiment and work based on physical reasoning, rather than on the mathematicians' calculations and formulae. Precisely the opposite impression is obtained from many of our present day text books and publications.”
“The world, I think, will wait a long time for Nikola Tesla's equal in achievement and imagination.”
“Men substitute words for reality and then argue about the words.”

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Key facts

Born: ( 1890-12-18 ) December 18, 1890, New York City , US
Died: February 1, 1954 (1954-02-01) (aged 63), New York City, US
Alma mater: Columbia University
Known for: Armstrong oscillator Armstrong phase modulator Superheterodyne receiver Regenerative circuit FM radio
Spouse: Esther Marion McInnis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1922 )
Awards: IRE Medal of Honor (1917) Holley Medal (1940) Franklin Medal (1941) AIEE Edison Medal (1942) Washington Award (1951)
Fields: Radio-frequency engineering
Institutions: Columbia University
Academic advisors: Michael Pupin
Allegiance: United States
Branch: United States Army
Service years: 1917–1919
Rank: Major
Unit: US Army Signal Corps
Wars: World War I

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Encyclopedic overview

Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – February 1, 1954) was an American radio-frequency engineer and inventor who developed FM (frequency modulation) radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.

He held 42 patents and received numerous awards, including the first Medal of Honor awarded by the Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE), the French Legion of Honor, the 1941 Franklin Medal and the 1942 Edison Medal. He achieved the rank of major in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I and was often referred to as "Major Armstrong" during his career. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and included in the International Telecommunication Union's roster of great inventors. He was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame posthumously in 2001. Armstrong attended Columbia University, and served as a professor there for most of his life.

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