Chester Williams Rice Explained

Chester Williams Rice (December 16, 1888 – March 8, 1951) was an American electrical engineer^[1] who was the joint inventor in 1925 of the moving coil loudspeaker along with Edward W. Kellogg.^[2]

Career

Rice was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1888 and educated at The Albany Academy and Harvard College, from which he received an S.B. and an M.E.E. in 1911.^[1] He was later employed by General Electric in Schenectady, New York.^[1]

In 1925, Rice, while working for General Electric, published a paper with Edward W. Kellogg outlining an early moving coil loudspeaker. The paper also discussed a way of boosting power to amplifiers; this was incorporated in General Electric's Radiola line of radios in 1926.^[2]

Personal

Rice married Helen Currier of Lynn in 1914. They had five children, Barbara, Wilbur Currier, Priscilla, Chester Thomson and Helen.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Harvard College . Harvard College . Harvard College Class of 1910 Fourth Report . Crimson Printing Company . 1921. Born Lynn, Mass., Dec. 16, 1888. Parents Edwin Wilbur Rice, Jr., Helen Katherine Doen. School Albany Academy, Albany, ... . 335 .
2. Web site: Rice-Kellogg . Schoenherr . Steven E. . 2001 . . September 7, 2016.