The Father of Radio. The January 17, 1960 issue of the Sunday newspaper supplement, American Weekly, included a rather forward-thinking article by DeForest, a man they called the “Father of ...

Today is Friday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2006 with 352 to follow. Lee De Forest (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American inventor with over 180 patents to his credit. De Forest ...