Hugo Gernsback

Hugo Gernsback , born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a LuxembourgishAmerican inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best known for publications including the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with the novelists H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes called The Father of Science Fiction. In his honour, annual awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention are named the Hugos.

Gernsback was born in 1884 in Bonnevoie , part of Luxembourg City since 1920, to Berta , a housewife, and Moritz Gernsbacher, a winemaker. His family was Jewish. Gernsback emigrated to the United States in 1904 and later became a naturalized citizen. He married three times to Rose Harvey in 1906, Dorothy Kantrowitz in 1921, and Mary Hancher in 1951. In 1925, Hugo founded radio station WRNY which broadcast from the 18th floor of The Roosevelt Hotel in New York City and was involved in the first television broadcasts. He is also considered a pioneer in amateur radio.

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