Name Edward Kellogg | ||
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Died May 29, 1960, Camden, New Jersey, United States | ||
Edward Washburn Kellogg (20 February 1883 – 29 May 1960)
Biography
He was born in Washington in 1883. He was a graduate of Phillips Academy, in Andover (Class of 1902)
He 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 (and is now part of Lockheed Martin). Kellogg was also the first head of their Photophone development group.
He died in 1960.
References
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