Percy Spencer
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American engineer and inventor (1894–1970)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Ueber O. Acylderivate des Acetessigesters und einiger verwandter Verbindungen
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1963
- Active to
- 1969
Discography
- Their First LP1965
- The Second Album1966
- Autumn ’661966
- Gimme Some Lovin’1967
- I’m a Man1967
- With Their New Face On1968
- Funky1969
- Gluggo1973
- Living in a Back Street1974
- Vibrate1986
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- <i>Planck</i>
2018 results
· 2020 · cited 13,378x
- Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
· 2015 · cited 11,865x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,803x
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Key facts
- Born
- Percy Spencer , ( 1894-07-19 ) July 19, 1894, Howland, Maine , U.S.
- Died
- September 8, 1970 (1970-09-08) (aged 76), Newton, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Resting place
- Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts
- Education
- United States Navy
- Occupations
- Physicist inventor electrical Engineer
- Employer
- Raytheon
- Known for
- Inventor of microwave oven
- Spouses
- Louise Spencer Lillian Ottenheimer Spencer
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Percy LaBaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finishing grammar school. During the night shift, he taught himself topics such as calculus, trigonometry, physics, and chemistry, establishing a lifelong habit of self-education or "solving my own situation" as he called it.
Spencer led the power tube division at Raytheon during World War II that expanded massively and continued at the company as an executive and senior member of the board. Even among physicists and top researchers, he was famous for his insatiable knowledge absorption.
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