Bradley A. Fiske
United States Navy admiral
Died when: 87 years 297 days (1053 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske (June 13, 1854 – April 6, 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy who was noted as a technical innovator.
During his long career, Fiske invented more than a hundred and thirty electrical and mechanical devices, with both naval and civilian uses, and wrote extensively on technical and professional issues;
The New Yorker called him "one of the notable naval inventors of all time." One of the earliest to understand the revolutionary possibilities of naval aviation, he wrote a number of books of important effect in gaining a wider understanding of the modern Navy by the public.
For inventing the rangefinder, he was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal of The Franklin Institute in 1891.
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