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in The Complete Radio Book by Raymond Francis Yates and Louis Gerard Pacent, published in 1922 by the Century Company, it has the following note on Fessenden in the chapter "Who's Who in Radio" :

REGINALD AUBREY FESSENDEN
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was inspecting engineer to the Edison Co. at New York in 1886. He took up teaching work and conducted classes in physics and electrical engineering at Western University in 1892, became professor of electrical engineering at Western University, Philadelphia, in 1893, and became special agent to the United States Weather Beaurea in 1900. He has devoted much attention to a system of wireless tellegraphy known by his name, and has also carried out important experiments involving wireless telephony. He has been a contributor of articles on wireless telegraphy and telephony to many technical journals. He was born at Milton, Canada, in 1866, and was educated at New York and Port Hope, Canada.

More can be found about this very interesting man on this web page and by following links from there : http://www.radiocom.net/Fessenden/