Reginald
Fessenden was an extraordinary Canadian inventor who accomplished
pioneering experiments in radio, including the creation of continuous
waves and the early and quite possibly the first radio transmissions
of voice as well as music. Later on during his successful career, he
gained hundreds of patents for devices in fields such as high-powered
transmitting, sonar, and television. This is what gives us today the
radio.
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was born October 6, 1866, in East-Bolton, Quebec, the oldest of Elisha Joseph Fessenden and Clementina Trenholme, through the years the family moved to a number of postings within the Province of Ontario. When growing up, Reginald was a very accomplished student. In June 1878, the school had an enrollment of only 43 boys. Thus, while Fessenden was only a teenager, he was teaching mathematics to the young children at the school while simultaneously studying with the older students at Bishop's University.