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Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922
Mr. Bell is best known as the inventor of the telephone, though he was also an outstanding figure of his generation in the education of the deaf. Bell moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to Boston, Massachusetts, where the first telephone was built. A.G. Bell's parents lived in Brantford, Ontario, where Alex spent time relaxing and thinking. Bell always said that the phone was conceived in Brantford, and born in Boston. After the success of the telephone, Bell spent much time in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, where he worked on projects concerning sound transmission, medicine, aeronautics, marine engineering, and space-frame construction
Reginald Fessenden 1866-1932
Fessenden designed a system that generated pure, continuous waves at a constant frequency. These waves allowed tuning of transmitters and receivers too be far more precise, essential for reducing interference and detecting faint signals. Fessenden also used continuous waves to carry voice signals; he called this invention amplitude modulation (AM). After many successful radiotelephone transmissions, Fessenden carried out the first-ever radio broadcast of the human voice on Christmas Day, 1906. Although he never achieved the wealth and fame of Marconi, it was Fessenden who established the basis of wireless voice communication, which is used today in mobile phones and radio and television broadcasting(http://www.science-tech.nmstc.ca/english/collection/conn3.cfm)
J.-Armand Bombardier 1907-1964
J. Armand Bombardier developed a practical vehicle to traverse Canada's winter snow. Bombardier's sprocket wheel and track drive system was created in 1935. The ski-doo still uses this drive system today. At the time of its invention, Bombardier was told by suppliers that his belt drive could not be manufactured. This "problem" led to the beginning of one of Canada's largest engineering and manufacturing companies, as Bombardier decided to build the drive himself.
Sandford Fleming 1827-1915
Sir Sanford Fleming arrived in Canada in 1845 at the age of 18. He became the chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway which linked central Canada with the Maritimes, and was an early advocate of professionalism in engineering. Throughout his exceptional life, Fleming surveyed Canada from Ottawa to the shores of the Pacific, engineered a great railway, and created a worldwide system of Standard Time.
Elizabeth "Elsie" MacGill 1905-1980
Elsie MacGill was an impressive Canadian because of her accomplishments both in technology and as a woman in an overwhelmingly male profession. MacGill was the first female graduate in electrical engineering at the University of Toronto in 1927. She continued breaking new ground by becoming the first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan in aeronautical engineering. By 1938, MacGill had become the chief aeronautical engineer for Canadian Car and Foundry Company, managing the production of Hawker Hurricane fighters. She was also responsible for the design of the Maple Leaf Trainer, as well as skis and de-icers for the Hurricanes.
Dr. Robert Thirsk, P.Eng. 1953 -
Biomedical engineer and medical doctor Dr. Robert Thirsk, P. Eng., became the fifth Canadian in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in June 1996. Part of an international team of seven astronauts, he participated in a 17-day mission focusing on life science and microgravity experiments.
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