As per our current Database, Lee Deforest has been died on Jun 30, 1961 (age 87).
When Lee Deforest die, Lee Deforest was 87 years old.
| Popular As | Lee Deforest |
| Occupation | |
| Age | 87 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
| Born | August 26, 1873 (Council Bluffs, IA) |
| Birthday | August 26 |
| Town/City | Council Bluffs, IA |
| Nationality | IA |
Lee Deforest’s zodiac sign is Virgo. According to astrologers, Virgos are always paying attention to the smallest details and their deep sense of humanity makes them one of the most careful signs of the zodiac. Their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is left to chance, and although they are often tender, their heart might be closed for the outer world. This is a sign often misunderstood, not because they lack the ability to express, but because they won’t accept their feelings as valid, true, or even relevant when opposed to reason. The symbolism behind the name speaks well of their nature, born with a feeling they are experiencing everything for the first time.
Lee Deforest was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Scientist and Engineer who earned 180 patents over his lifetime, including the Audion and the triode vacuum tube, which made radio broadcasting possible. In his long career he founded over twenty companies and directed short films.
At Yale University, he tinkered with the campus's electrical grid, which caused the whole place to black out and earned him a suspension.
His improved vacuum tube allowed the first wireless broadcasts, which he made from his experimental radio station.
Seeing his young son's talent, his father enrolled him in Mt. Hermon School for Boys, in Massachusetts.
A distant relative of mine, Calvert DeForest was a frequent guest on David Letterman's show.
