[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

Tesla is perrhaps the most unappreciated man in electronics. I did a report on Marconi as a kid, and somewhat idolized him. But thanks to the modern retrospectives by the History Channel, PBS and others, I see that he was the one behind most most innovative products in the early 20th century. It would be fun to rank all of the inventors from that era and see how they stack up.

Cheers,

I'd like to toss in Edwin Howard Armstrong and Philo T. Farnsworth into the generally unappreciated inventor topic.