Edward Kleinschmidt

Edward Ernst Kleinschmidt
BornSeptember 9, 1876
Bremen, Germany
DiedAugust 22, 1977 (1977-08-23) (aged 100)
Canaan, Connecticut, United States
NationalityGerman-American
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
Significant advanceTelecommunications

Edward Ernst Kleinschmidt (September 9, 1876 – August 22, 1977) was a German-American engineer. He was one of the inventors of the teleprinter, and obtained 118 patents over the course of his lifetime.[1]

  1. ^ Huurdeman, Anton A. (2003). The Worldwide History of Telecommunications. Wiley-IEEE. p. 302. ISBN 0-471-20505-2.