Hugo Gernsback, born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourg American inventor, writer and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine. His contribution to the genre as publisher was so significant, that along with H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes popularly called "The Father of Science Fiction". Wikipedia
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Gernsback was also responsible for the creation of the character of Baron Von Munchausen (paid brief homage in Time Bandits ), who escapaded to the Moon and beyond in some of Gernsback's science fiction pieces. www.nndb.com/people/381/000045246/
In 1912, Hugo Gernsback, builder of the Telimco wireless and editor of "Modern Electrics," claimed that some 400,000 amateurs operated nationwide. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rescue/sfeature/wireless.html