Alan Blumlein

Alan Dower Blumlein was an electronics engineer who made a great many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereo, television and radar. He received 128 patents.

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Alan Dower Blumlein was born on June 29, 1903 in Hampstead, London. His future career seems to have been determined by the age of seven, when he presented his mother with an invoice for repairing the doorbell, signed "Alan Blumlein, Electrical Engineer".

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After matriculating at Highgate School in 1921, he studied at City and Guilds College (part of Imperial College). He won a Governor's scholarship and joined the second year of the course. He graduated with a first class honours B.Sc two years later.

Electronics: The field of electronics is the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. The design and construction of electronic circuits to solve practical problems is part of the fi...

Engineer: An engineer is someone who practices the profession of engineering – a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems using technology....

Telecommunication: Telecommunication refers to communication over long distances. In practice, something of the message may be lost in the process. 'Telecommunication' covers all forms of distance and/or conversion of the original communications, including radio, telegraphy, television, telephony, data communication ...

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