Turner, Rufus P.

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Name (Latin)
Turner, Rufus P.
Other forms of name
Taner, R. P
Date of birth
1907-12-25
Date of death
1982-03-25
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
consulting engineer, Radio news
b. 1907
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 79302254
Wikidata: Q7378106
Library of congress: n 79027011
Sources of Information
  • Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014(consulting engineer, Radio news; b. 1907)
  • His Radio test instruments, 1945.
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Wikipedia description:

Rufus Paul Turner (December 25, 1907 – March 25, 1982) was an academic, engineer, and author who published on semiconductor devices, technical writing style, and poet-novelist Charlotte Smith. After three decades working with electronic devices – including developing the first practical transistor radio – he earned a doctorate in literature at age 52 and became an English professor. He wrote over 40 books and 3000 articles during his six-decade career.

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