Fessenden may refer to:

People

Fessenden (surname) Fessenden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Parker Fessenden (1896–1972), American botanist, math educator * Beverly Fessenden (1926-2008), known as the actress Beverly Garland * Francis Fessenden (1839–1907), America ...

Larry Fessenden Laurence T. Fessenden (born March 23, 1963) is an American actor, producer, writer, director, film editor, and cinematographer. He is the founder of the New York based independent production outfit Glass Eye Pix. His writer/director credits inclu ...

(born March 23, 1963), an American actor, producer, writer, director, film editor, and cinematographer *

Fessenden Nott Otis Fessenden Nott Otis (6 March 1825 –24 May 1900) was an American physician, pioneer in the medical field of urology, and art collector. He studied art in New York and was a teacher of drawing and perspective before entering medical school. Medi ...

(1825-c. 1900), American pioneer in the medical field of urology *

Reginald Fessenden Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-born inventor, who did a majority of his work in the United States and also claimed U.S. citizenship through his American-born father. During his life he received hundre ...

(1866-1932) Canadian/American inventor *

Stirling Fessenden Stirling Fessenden (29 September 1875 – 1 February 1944), an American lawyer who practised in Shanghai, was the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1923 to 1929 and then Secretary-General of the Council from 1929 to 1939. Early lif ...

(1875-1944), lawyer and Chairman/Secretary General of the Shanghai Municipal Council * Susan Fessenden (1840–1932), American activist, reformer * William P. Fessenden (1806-1869) Senator and Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln

Places

Fessenden, North Dakota Fessenden is a town in, and the county seat of, Wells County, North Dakota, United States. It was founded in 1893 and is home of the Wells County Fair. The population was 462 at the 2020 census. History Fessenden was founded in 1893 with the ...

, a city * 15939 Fessenden, an asteroid named after Reginald Fessenden *

Fessenden Fessenden may refer to: People * Fessenden (surname) * Larry Fessenden (born March 23, 1963), an American actor, producer, writer, director, film editor, and cinematographer * Fessenden Nott Otis (1825-c. 1900), American pioneer in the medical fie ...

, a fictional princedom in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince fantasy novel series

Other uses

* USS ''Fessenden'' (DE-142), a destroyer escort which served in World War II, named in honor of Reginald Fessenden *

Fessenden School The Fessenden School is an independent day (Pre-K – Grade 9) and boarding school (Grades 5 – 9) for boys, founded in 1903 by Frederick J. Fessenden as a school for the intellectually gifted, and located at 250 Waltham Street, West Newton, M ...

, a private day and boarding school for boys in West Newton, Massachusetts *

Fessenden (guitars) Fessenden may refer to: People * Fessenden (surname) * Larry Fessenden (born March 23, 1963), an American actor, producer, writer, director, film editor, and cinematographer * Fessenden Nott Otis (1825-c. 1900), American pioneer in the medical fie ...

, a

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a Console steel guitar, console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all s ...

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Fessenden oscillator A Fessenden oscillator is an electro-acoustic transducer invented by Reginald Fessenden, with development starting in 1912 at the Submarine Signal Company of Boston. It was the first successful acoustical echo ranging device. Similar in operating ...

, an underwater sound projector {{disambiguation