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Edwin Howard Armstrong

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Edwin Howard Armstrong

1890–1954

American radio-frequency engineer and inventor (1890–1954)

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Key Dates

Death

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Biography

Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American radio-frequency engineer and inventor who developed FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.

Source: Wikipedia · Compiled March 2026 · AI-summarized

Timeline

1890
Birth

Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (died 1954)

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1954
Death

American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)

January 31 →

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