Previous Page: Lee De Forest was divorced four times, experienced a number of failed companies, was often fleeced by his business partners, and once endured impeachment in which he was later exonerated of mail deception. Lee De Forest had a long career in radio but most importantly his Audion tube will live in my memory forever as it has allowed others like me to enjoy the dimension of Lee De Forest's greatest contribution to the entertainment world, without his vision, I can say, today I would not have been able to encompass the thrills I get that makes my hobby of vinyl record collecting such a worthwhile pleasure. It has been documented that in 1913, AT&T installed the Audion (Triode) amplifiers to boost voice signals across the continent of the United States. In the same year as his discovery of the Audion Tube, Lee De Forest married Nora Stanton, an expert in engineering, and the granddaughter of the renowned women's rights campaigner Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Lee De Forest, seeing the potential of radio technology, became a major promoter of its adoption, setting up dramatic public demonstration and attempting to raise capital. In this function, Lee De Forest came under some disparagement from those who had misgivings that radio would ever catch on. |
