Albert Hoyt Taylor

American physicist and radio engineer
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Born:
January 1, 1874, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died:
December 11, 1961, Claremont, California (aged 87)

Albert Hoyt Taylor (born January 1, 1874, Chicago, Illinois, United States—died December 11, 1961, Claremont, California) was an American physicist and radio engineer whose work underlay the development of radar in the United States. Taylor was trained at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and the University of Göttingen, Germany. He taught at Michigan State College in East Lansing and at the universities of Wisconsin at Madison and North Dakota at Grand Forks. He was superintendent of the radio division of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory from 1923 until 1945. Taylor’s studies in electromagnetic radiation concentrated on shortwaves, examining their polarization and ...(100 of 206 words)