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  1. David Edward Hughes (16 May 1830 – 22 January 1900), was a British-American inventor, practical experimenter, and professor of music known for his work on the printing telegraph and the microphone. He is generally considered to have been born in London but his family moved around that time so he may have been born in Corwen, Wales .

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    David Edward Hughes was a British-American electrical engineer and musician who invented the microphone and the printing telegraph. He also made contributions to magnetism, aerial photography, and broadcasting, and received many honors and awards.

  3. May 12, 2024 · David Hughes was an Anglo-American inventor of the carbon microphone, which was important to the development of telephony. Hughes’s family emigrated to the United States when he was seven years old.

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  4. Learn about the Victorian scientist who invented the printing telegraph, the carbon microphone, the metal detector and wireless. Explore his biography, inventions and discoveries on this site or read the book "Before We Went Wireless".

  5. May 16, 2024 · David Edward Hughes, an English-American physicist and musician, was born May 16, 1831, probably in London. He had considerable musical talent as a child, and when his parents moved to the United States, he pursued musical studies, and managed to land a position as a professor of music at a small college in Kentucky.

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  7. Feb 2, 2011 · David Edward Hughes- A Biography. The life inventions and discoveries of one of the most decorated Victorian scientists. Performed mobile wireless experiments in 1879.

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  8. Learn about the inventor and scientist who made major contributions to telegraphy, telephony, metal detection, audiology and wireless. This book is the first biography of Hughes, based on extensive research and his private papers, and covers his achievements, challenges and legacy.

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