Frederick A. Kolster
Frederick Augustus Kolster (born January 13, 1883 in Geneva , † July 23, 1950 in San Francisco ) was an American radio pioneer.
As a toddler, he moved with his parents from Switzerland to Boston , where his father became a violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra . In 1908 he graduated from Harvard with a degree in physics and engineering .
As a senior officer of the National Bureau of Standards , he began in 1913 to equip important lighthouses and light ships with radio beacons . He also invented and developed a direction finder , the Kolster radio compass, which was used by the American Navy during World War I and was later used commercially.
literature
- Orrin E. Dunlap jun .: Radio's 100 men of science - Biographical narratives of pathfinders in electronics and television. Harper, New York 1944. Pages 212-215.
- The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume (41), 499.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kolster, Frederick A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kolster, Frederick Augustus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American radio pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1950 |
| Place of death | San Francisco |