Famous People with Name Traeger

Alfred Hermann Traeger            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Alfred Hermann Traeger: was an Australian inventor, chiefly known for the development of the pedal radio.[1]He was instrumental in the establishment and early success of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. Traeger had an interest in radio for much of his life. During the 1920s, he was contacted by Rev John Flynn to assist in experiments which were to enable remote families access to medical treatment by using radio equipment. Since much of remote Australia had no access to electricity, the initial problem was how to provide reliable power to a radio. Traeger consequently developed a pedal generator to power a morse code wireless set.

William Isham Traeger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Isham Traeger: was an American law enforcement official who served as sheriff of Los Angeles County from 1921 to 1932, and went on to serve one term as a United States Representative from California. In 1932 Traeger was elected as a Republican to the 73rd United States