Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett | |
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Jewett circa 1926 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1879 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 18, 1949 (aged 70) Summit, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Awards | Edison Medal (1928) Faraday Medal (1935) Franklin Medal (1936) John Fritz Medal (1939) Hoover Medal (1949) IRI Medal (1950) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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Frank Baldwin Jewett (/ˈdʒuːɪt/; September 5, 1879 – November 18, 1949) worked as an engineer for American Telegraph and Telephone where his work demonstrated transatlantic radio telephony using a vacuum-tube transmitter. He was also a physicist and the first president of Bell Labs.