Peter Fellgett
Peter Berners Fellgett (born April 11, 1922 - November 15, 2008 in Cornwall ) was a British physicist. He was a professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading .
He is known for Fellgett's advantage for improving the signal-to-noise ratio with the help of multiplex measurements, that is, simultaneous measurements in different wavelengths (see FTIR spectrometer ). He found this in his dissertation in 1949 ( Theory of Infra-Red Sensitivities and its Application to Investigations of Stellar Radiation in the Near Infra-Red ) on infrared spectroscopy at Cambridge University . The process enabled resolutions in infrared spectroscopy comparable to optical spectroscopy. As a post-doctoral student he was at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh .
from 1964 he was professor of cybernetics and instrument physics at the University of Reading until he retired in 1987.
He also dealt with acoustics, adopting principles of sound perception from animals ( Ambisonics , invented with Michael Gerzon of Oxford and others).
In 1977 he received the RW Wood Prize . In 1986 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1961 of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
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| SURNAME | Fellgett, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fellgett, Peter Berners |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1922 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 2008 |
| Place of death | Cornwall |