Thomas, John B. 1925-2018
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Name (Latin)
Thomas, John B. 1925-2018
Other forms of name
Thomas, John Bowman, 1925-
Thomas, John B. (John Bowman), 1925-
Date of birth
1925-07-14
Date of death
2018-09-13
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Electrical engineering
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- John B. Thomas; John Bowman Thomas was born on July 14, 1925, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, died Sept. 13, 2018, in Hanover, New Hampshire; pioneer in the field of information theory ( (Princeton University WWW site, Jan. 31, 2019) )
- John B. Thomas; died Sept. 13, 2018; professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University from 1962 to 1990; arrived at Princeton in 1955 as an assistant professor ( (The chronicle of higher education WWW site, Jan. 30, 2019) )
- An introduction to statistical communication theory, c1969:t.p. (John B. Thomas; Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton Univ.)
- Wong, E. Introd. to random processes, 1983, c1982:CIP t.p. (John B. Thomas)
Wikipedia description:
John Bowman Thomas (July 14, 1925 – September 13, 2018) was an American electrical engineer, educator, and a professor at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1955. He was the adviser of numerous outstanding scientists, including Vincent Poor, Jack Wolf, Abraham H. Haddad, Dag Tjøstheim, Hisashi Kobayashi, Bob Kahn, Eugene Wong, and Oscar C. Au. His PhD adviser was Willis W. Harman, a President of IONS.
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