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At Yale, Gibbs was also the mentor of Lee De Forest, who went on to invent to the triode amplifier and has been called the " father of radio.

" According to De Forest, it was thanks to Gibbs that he realized early on " that the leaders in electrical development would be those who pursued the higher theory of waves and oscillations and the transmission by these means of intelligence and power.

" Another student of Gibbs who played a significant role in the development of radio technology was Lynde Wheeler.