USS Fessenden (DE-142)
She was named in honor of Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, born in Brome County, Quebec, Canada, 6 October 1866. He served as head chemist with Thomas Edison's East Orange, New Jersey, laboratories. In 1890 he began concentrating on electrical engineering, and through the next years made many important inventions and improvements in existing devices. His great contributions in the field of radio (particularly the invention of radio-telephony were of marked benefit not only to the Navy but to all seamen. He died 22 July 1932, at his home on Bermuda.
Jean Baptiste Assenede
Jean Baptiste Assenede (also Jan Baptist Assenede, Jean Baptiste Assenie, Jean Baptiste Asseny and nickname Lantaren was a Flemish painter from the Baroque who was active in Italy in the middle of the 17th century. He was born in Tournai in the first half of 17th century. He is recorded in Rome from 1646 to 1655. Here he became a member of the Bentvueghels, an association of mainly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome. His nickname (the so-called 'bent-name') was 'Lantaren', which is Dutch for 'Lantern'. No existing work of his hand is known today.