English physicist and academic (born 1851)

Oliver Lodge

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) contributed to the development of radio. He identified EMR independent of Heinrich Hertz's proof. In his 1894 Royal Institution lecture, The Work of Hertz and Some of His Successors, Lodge's demonstrations on methods to transmit and detect radio waves included an improved early radio receiver he named the coherer. His work led to him holding key patents in early radio communication, his "syntonic" patents.

Born

1851

June 12

Died

1940

Era

1850s

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1851 Born
1940 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

910 Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
1206 The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aibak founds the Delhi Sultanate.
1240 At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.
1381 Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London.

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The world in 1940

When Oliver departed

april 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
april 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
april 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
april 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on June 12

George H. W. Bush 1924–2018 American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018) Anne Frank 1929– German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945) Dallas Clark 1979– American football player Gao Zong 1107– Chinese emperor (died 1187) Ian Craig 1935–2014 Australian cricketer (died 2014) Karl Freiherr von Müffling 1775–1851 Prussian field marshal (born 1775) Otto Skorzeny 1908– German SS officer (died 1975) Ray Barbuti 1905–1988 American runner and football player (born 1905) Sam Thaiday 1985– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1851

Cora Agnes Benneson 1851–1919 American attorney (died 1919) Melvil Dewey 1851–1931 American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (died 1931) Silvanus P. Thompson 1851– English physicist, engineer, and academic (died 1916)

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