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 ...

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

Places

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

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

Fessenden Fessenden may refer to: People * Fessenden (surname) * Fessenden Nott Otis (1825-c. 1900), American pioneer in the medical field of urology Places * Fessenden, North Dakota, a city * 15939 Fessenden, an asteroid named after Reginald Fessenden * ...

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

Schools

Fessenden School The Fessenden School is an independent day (Pre-K – Grade 9) and boarding school (Grades 6 – 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 ...

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

Fessenden Elementary School The Fessenden Elementary School, a historic school previously known as Fessenden Academy, was founded in 1868 on the outskirts of Ocala, Florida, between Martin and Zuber. Since the 1950s, it has been part of the Marion County Public Schools d ...

, a school in Ocala, Florida

Other uses

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

Fessenden (guitars) Fessenden may refer to: People * Fessenden (surname), includes a list of notable people with the surname * Fessenden Nott Otis (1825-c. 1900), American pioneer in the medical field of urology Places * Fessenden, North Dakota, a city * 15939 Fess ...

, a

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

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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 operat ...

, an underwater sound projector {{disambiguation