title: Edgar Larner
text: # Edgar Larner
  
  Edgar Thomas Larner (1869 in Norwich, Norfolk, England – 1930 in Hackney, London, England), his occupation was that of engineer/scientist for the GPO (General Post Office) Engineering-Telephones. In those days the GPO was a part of the Civil Service, so he was a civil servant. He was a television and radio experimenter and pioneer. He also taught at the Hackney Institute, London. He was a friend of both John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth. He died in 1930 at the age of 61 in Hackney, London, England.
  
  ## Published articles and books
  
  * Radio and High Frequency Currents. London, 1923. Series (Lockwood’s Technical Manuals.)
  * Alternating Currents ... Including "The Principles of Alternating Currents," etc. London, 1908, 1915,1923,1929 . (Lockwood’s Technical Manuals.)
  * Crystal Sets, etc. A. Rogers & Co.: London, (1924.)
  * Radio and High Frequency Currents ... Second edition, enlarged. V. C. Lockwood & Son: London, 1925.
  * Valve Sets: construction and maintenance. Rogers & Co.: London, 1925.
  * Practical Television, etc. (With plates.) & foreword by close friend John Logie Baird Ernest Benn: London, 1928.
  * Practical Television, etc. 2nd edition (With plates.) & foreword by close friend John Logie Baird Ernest Benn: London Van Nostrand New York, 1928
  * Present-Day Valve Sets. Construction and maintenance. Rogers & Co.: London, (1930.)
  