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Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q191799 · wikidata
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Aleksandr Popov
1859-03-04 – 1905-12-31
Life & Legacy
Alexander Stepanovich Popov (sometimes spelled Popoff; Russian: Александр Степанович Попов; 16 March [O.S. 4 March] 1859 – 13 January 1906 [O.S. 31 December 1905]) was a Russian physicist who was one of the first people to invent a radio receiving device.
Popov's work as a teacher at a Russian naval school led him to explore high-frequency electrical phenomena. On 7 May 1895, he presented a paper on a wireless lightning detector he had built that worked via using a coherer to detect radio noise from lightning strikes. This day is celebrated today in Russia as Radio Day. In a 24 March 1896 demonstration, he transmitted radio signals 250 meters between different campus buildings in St. Petersburg. His work was based on that of another physicist, Oliver Lodge, and contemporaneous with the work of Guglielmo Marconi.
Occupation & Career
physicist, inventor, engineer, pedagogue
Education
Perm Theological Seminary; Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University; Yekaterinburg Seminary
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class; Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class; Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class; Medal In memory of Alexander III
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Medal In memory of Alexander III · Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class · Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class · Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
Employer
Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) LETI Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University
Education & Institutions
Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University · Perm Theological Seminary · Yekaterinburg Seminary
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Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q191799 · wikidata
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Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q191799 · wikidata
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Medal In memory of Alexander III
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q191799 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q191799 — wikidata View source
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