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Alan Blumlein
Electrical engineer, Inventor
1903 – 1942
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Who was Alan Blumlein?
Alan Dower Blumlein was an English electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereo, television and radar. He received 128 patents and was considered as one of the most significant engineers and inventors of his time.
He died during World War II on 7 June 1942, aged 38, during the secret trial of an H2S airborne radar system then under development, when all on board the Halifax bomber he was flying in were killed when it crashed at Welsh Bicknor in Herefordshire.
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- Born
- Jun 29, 1903
Hampstead - Also known as
- Alan Dower Blumlein
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Imperial College London
- Died
- Jun 7, 1942
London
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on July 23, 2013
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