Frank W. Jordan

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Frank Wilfred Jordan (* 1881 in Canterbury , Kent, England; † after 1918) was an English physicist who, together with William Henry Eccles, developed the so - called flip - flop circuit in 1918 . This became a basic building block of computer technology in many forms, for example in memories, clock generators , discriminators and much more.

life and work

Frank Wilfred Jordan was born to Edward James Jordan and Eliza Edith Jordan, b. King born. Jordan received secondary education at the Simon Grammar Shool for Boys in Canterbury, Kent, England. From 1899 to 1904 he studied at the Royal College of Science , where he graduated with Associateship in Physics and Master of Science Degree . In 1912 he was probably a " Lecturer in Physics " at the Royal College of Science. In 1918 he was an electrician (probably electrical engineering assistant) at the "City and Guilds Technical College". During the time he was stationed in Newhaven as a soldier, on December 7, 1916, he married Fanny Bentley Wood in Canterbury. He died on January 12, 1941 at the age of 59 in Coltham, England.

Little is known about him. The flip-flop circuit, however, became arguably the most important circuit for computer technology in all of its innumerable different applications.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ patent GB148582 : Improvements in ionic relays. Registered June 21, 1918 , published August 5, 1920 Inventors: William Henry Eccles, Frank Wilfred Jordan. ‌
  2. ^ WH Eccles, FW Jordan: A trigger relay utilizing three electrode thermionic vacuum tubes . In: The Electrician . tape 83 , 1919, pp. 298 (Reprinted in Radio Review. 1, No. 3, 1919, pp. 143-146).
  3. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch.org, accessed March 20, 2012 .
  4. ^ University of London General Register. Part 3, May 1, 1901, p. 341.
  5. ↑ Currently (2008) the Royal College of Science is an affiliated college of Imperial College London
  6. ↑ In the book Register of Old Students and Staff of the Royal College of Science, 1936, p. 33, Jordan is listed as Lecturer in Physics and Mathematics at the municipal college in Portsmouth.
  7. ↑ In other publications he is listed as a teacher in training in the Department of Astronomical Physics at the Royal College of Science (" Mr. FW Jordan, B. Sc., Teacher in Training in the Department of Astronomical Physics, Royal College of Science. ", Cf. .: A. Fowler: The Spectra of Antarian Stars in relation to the Fluted Spectrum of Titanium . in: Royal Society of London Series I Proceedings . Volume 73 , 1904, pp. 219-225 . )
  8. ↑ Patent GB191226631 : Improvements relating to radiometers, thermogalvanometers, and the like. Registered on 1912 , published November 20, 1913 , inventor: Frank Wilfred Jordan. ‌
  9. ↑ cf. Patent GB148582 : Improvements in ionic relays. Registered June 21, 1918 , published August 5, 1920 Inventors: William Henry Eccles, Frank Wilfred Jordan. ‌
personal data
SURNAME Jordan, Frank W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jordan, Frank Wilfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English physicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Canterbury , Kent, England
DATE OF DEATH 20th century