Background
Kent, Arthur Atwater was born on December 3, 1873 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Son of Prentiss J. (Doctor of Medicine and Mary Elizabeth (Atwater) K.
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Arthur Atwater Kent
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Educated Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Honorary Electrical Engineer, University of Vermont, 1924. Doctor Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1926.
Doctor of Science, Tufts College, 1927.
Career
Established, 1902, the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Works, Philadelphia, for manufacture of telephones and small volt meters. Added manufacturer of the unisparker (for which John Scott Medal was awarded in 1914), panoramic sights, clinometers, fuse setters and angle of sights for the army during World War. Business incorporated, 1919, as the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company, of which is president
Started manufacturing radio receiving sets, 1922.
Achievements
Membership
Member of committee on general problems of radio broadcasting, 3d and 4th National Radio Conferences, 1924, 25. Clubs: Bar Harbor (Maine).
Connections
Married Mabel Lucas, 1906. Children: Arthur Atwater, Elizabeth Brinton (Mistress William Laurens Van Alen), Virginia Tucker (Mistress Kent Catherwood) and Jonathan Prentiss (adopted).
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Died
March 4, 1949 (aged 75) -
Resting place
Buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California -
Nationality
American