Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff ( Russian Сергей Александрович Щелкунов ; born January 15 . Jul / 27. January 1897 greg. In Samara , Russian Empire ; † 2. May 1992 in Hightstown (NJ) ) was a Russian-American inventor.
Life
Schelkunoff studied at the Lomonossow University in Moscow . In 1917 he moved to the USA via Siberia, Manchuria and Japan and lived in Seattle from 1921 . He received his Masters in Mathematics from the State College of Washington , and in 1928 he received his Ph.D. at Columbia University .
He then began to work in the research department of Western Electric (later Bell Labs ). With Sallie P. Mead he analyzed waveguides and discovered the transverse electromagnetic wave propagated by George C. Southworth . He held 15 patents.
In 1928 he married Jean G. Kennedy.
Web links
- Obituary in the NY Times
- http://puhep1.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/examples/EM/brittain_pieee_84_1344_96.pdf
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Schelkunoff, Sergei Alexander |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Щелкунов, Сергей Александрович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-American inventor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1897 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Samara , Russian Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1992 |
Place of death | Hightstown, New Jersey |