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Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor (1890–1954).

Born December 18th, 1890 in Manhattan.

Died February 1st, 1954 at 63 years old in New York City (falling).

Occupations
electrical engineer, inventor, physicist

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche