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Rudolf Kompfner
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Who is this?
Rudolf Kompfner (May 16, 1909 – December 3, 1977) was an Austrian-born inventor, physicist and architect, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT).
Career
- 1909Born
- 1960Won Stuart Ballantine Medal
- 1960Won IEEE David Sarnoff Award
- 1968Member of National Academy of Sciences
- 1973Won IEEE Medal of Honor
- 1974Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1974Won National Medal of Science
- 1974Won John Scott Award
- 1977Passed away
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Vienna
- •Citizenship: Austria, United Kingdom
- •Known as: physicist, engineer, architect, inventor
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