Edward W. Kellogg

Who was Edward W. Kellogg?

Edward W. Kellogg, born in Washington, a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover, was the joint inventor of the moving coil loudspeaker in 1925 along with Chester W. Rice at General Electric, and independently by Edward Wente at Bell Labs. Kellogg also patented an electrostatic loudspeaker in 1934.

Kellogg was the first director of the GE Advanced Technology Laboratory in Schenectady, New York, which later became a part of RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey. Kellogg was also the first head of their Photophone development group.