Edward W. Kellogg

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Edward W. Kellogg (* 1882 in Vineland , New Jersey ; † May 29, 1960 ) invented the electrodynamic loudspeaker together with Chester W. Rice .

He graduated from Engineering College at Princeton, then worked at Cornell University and taught at the University of Missouri.

In the research laboratory of General Electrics he worked on the underwater location, and later together with Chester W. Rice on longwave antennas and loudspeakers. This led to the development of the electrodynamic loudspeaker in 1923-25.

Due to a patent exchange agreement with General Electric , the loudspeaker was registered for a patent in Germany by AEG and marketed from 1927.

When GE moved radio and related work to Radio Corporation of America , he went with it. There he also worked on the sound film.

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SURNAME Kellogg, Edward W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American inventor
DATE OF BIRTH 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Vineland , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1960