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What did Lee de Forest create?
Lee de Forest's most famous invention was the three-element Audion vacuum tube, the first practical amplification device.
Did Lee de Forest make anything else?
Lee de Forest claimed to have invented a variation on the arc transmitter, which created steady wave signals that could be used for amplitude modulated audio transmissions.
Did Lee de Forest go to college to learn about inventing?
Lee de Forest enrolled in a three-year course of studies at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School where he created a series of devices and puzzles.

Question: Did he win any awards
Self-contained rewrite: Did Lee de Forest win any awards?