Amos Dolbear

Physicist, Inventor

1837 – 1910

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Who was Amos Dolbear?

Amos Emerson Dolbear was an American physicist and inventor. His patents interfered with Guglielmo Marconi's planned activities in the U.S. Dolbear researched electrical spark conversion into sound waves and electrical impulses. He was a professor at University of Kentucky in Lexington from 1868 until 1874. In 1874 he became the chair of the physics department at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

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Born
Nov 10, 1837
Also known as
  • A. E. Dolbear
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Ohio Wesleyan University
Died
Feb 23, 1910

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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