- Albert G. Lee
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awards =IEEE Medal of Honor Lieutenant Colonel Albert G. Lee (
May 24 ,1879 -August 26 ,1967 ) was a Britishradio pioneer.Lee was born in
Conwy ,Wales , and in 1903 entered theBritish Post Office Engineering Service, where he designed and tested submarine and other cables. InWorld War I he served in the Royal Engineers (Signal Service) commanding a telegraph construction company, and later was Officer-in-Charge, General Headquarters Signal Area. In 1920 Lee became involved with radios, and soon became Staff Engineer in charge of the radio section of theBritish Post Office . He was associated with the development of a coupled circuit arc, theRugby, Warwickshire high-power station, and the transatlantic telephone and shortwave telephone service.Lee was a member of the
Institution of Electrical Engineers , and chaired its Wireless Section from 1927-1928. He was elected a Fellow of theInstitute of Radio Engineers in 1929, and awarded the IRE Medal of Honor in 1939 "for his accomplishments in promoting international radio services and in fostering advances in the art and science of radio communication."References
* [http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/lee.html IEEE History Center biography]
* Lee, A.G., "The Radio Communication Services of the British Post Office", "Proceedings of the IRE", volume 18, issue 10, October 1930, pages 1690-1731.
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