Reginald Fessenden
Inventor
Canadian inventor who was the first person to successfully broadcast a human voice over the radio. By the end of his career he held over 500 patents including one for an early version of microfilm.
At age 14 he won a mathematics scholarship to Bishop's College School in Quebec.
He made the first broadcast on the radio - beaming a 'Christmas Concert' from near Boston, MA to two ships at sea and his later career he received hundreds of patents for devices in fields varying from television to sonar.
He was the oldest of four sons.
He worked directly with Thomas Edison in electrical engineering.