 Eugène Adrien Ducretet November 27, 1844 1915 aiva mugadziri wezvigadzirwa zvesayenzi wechiFrench, uyo akaita zvimwe zvekuedza kwekutanga pane wireless telegraphy radio communication muFrance. Baba vake, Louis Joseph Ducretet, vaiva mutengesi wemicheka weSavoy akatamira kuParis. Haana kupedza dzidzo yepamutemo, achisiya chikoro chepuraimari pazera remakore 15. Pashure pemakore anoverengeka achidzidzira kunjiniya weParis Paul-Gustav Froment, Ducretet akavhura musangano wake muna 1864 pa 21 Rue des Ursulines uko nevashandi vashoma akagadzira kutsvakurudza kwechinyakare kwefizikisi, kudzidzisa uye kuratidzira zvishandiso, zvakadai sema galvanometer, michina yeWimshurst, uye machubhu eCrookes. Nokufamba kwenguva mukurumbira wake wakakura uye akava mutengesi wezviridzwa kumasangano makuru edzidzo nesayenzi muParis. Akapiwa menduru yegoridhe nokuda kwezviridzwa zvake zvemhando yepamusoro pa1878 Paris Universal Expositionuye kubvira ipapo femu yake yakanga iri kuvapo nguva dzose pamitambo mikuru yamarudzi ose, ichikunda imwe ndarama paInternational Electricity Exposition ya1881 muParis. Akaitwa Knight weLegion of Honour muna 1885. 