Fessenden may refer to:
People
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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 ...
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Fessenden Nott Otis (1825-c. 1900), American pioneer in the medical field of urology
Places
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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
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15939 Fessenden, an asteroid named after Reginald Fessenden
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Fessenden, a fictional princedom in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince fantasy novel series
Schools
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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
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Fessenden Elementary School, a school in Ocala, Florida
Other uses
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USS ''Fessenden'' (DE-142), a destroyer escort which served in World War II, named in honor of Reginald Fessenden
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Fessenden (guitars), 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 ...
manufacturer
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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
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