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There is much written about Lee de Forest. Lee wrote many articles, poems and an autobiography |
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Lee
de Forest was a prolific writer. At the beginning of his inventing career,
he was a contributor to scientific journals and popular electronics
periodicals. He wrote a self published autobiography, "Father of
Radio," in 1950. He kept a daily journal, he wrote thousands of
business and personal letters, several film scripts, and many poems.
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The personal papers of Lee de Forest were given to the Perham Foundation in the late 1960s. The collection is a part of History San Jose. |
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The
first book about Lee, "Conqueror of Space," was written in
1930 |
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Lee's
own self-published autobiography was released in limited quantities
in 1949. Today it is said to be a collector's item |
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Not pictured, the 1992 book: "Lee de Forest and the Fatherhood of Radio" by James A. Hijiya
