- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLev Sergevitch Termen
- Leon Theremin was born on August 15, 1896 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was married to Maria, Katia Constantina and Lavinia Williams. He died on November 3, 1993 in Moscow, Russia.
- SpousesMaria(1946 - 1970) (her death, 2 children)Katia Constantina(1921 - ?) (divorced)Lavinia Williams(? - 1938) (divorced)
- Inventor of the Theremin, an electronic musical instrument.
- At the height of his popularity in the 1930's in New York City, he was kidnapped by Soviet agents, under direct orders by Stalin, and brought back to the Soviet Union, where he was forced to design electronic surveillence devices.
- His development of the theremin, the first uniquely electronic musical instrument, is even more astonishing when one considers it was invented before the oscilloscope!
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