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Walter Guyton Cady

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Walter Guyton Cady was an American physicist and radio engineer best known for his work on piezoelectricity and quartz crystal resonators. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1874, he studied at Brown University and took his doctorate at the University of Berlin in 1900. He joined the faculty of Wesleyan University in 1902 and stayed for forty-four years, supervising many theses on piezoelectricity. During the First World War he worked with the US Navy on submarine detection, which led to his study of crystal resonators in radio frequency applications. His research earned two patents in 1922, and in 1946 he published a standard book on piezoelectricity. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1927 and served as its president in 1932. Cady died in 1974, the day before his hundredth birthday.

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1874 1
Death Year
1974 1
Role
Scientist-Engineer 2
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Electrical Engineering, Fields
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Cady then returned home to the United States
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1. Walter G. Cady (ETHW)
  • Biography, first paragraph
    Walter Cady was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1874.
  • Biography, final paragraph
    He died, on the eve of his 100th birthday, in 1974.
  • Biography, first paragraph [nationality]
    Cady then returned home to the United States
  • In Field: Electrical Engineering, Introduction
    studied crystal resonators in radio frequency applications
  • Associated With: Sonar, Biography, second paragraph
    During World War I, he worked with the US Navy on submarine detection research.
  • In Group: Telecommunications and Radio Engineers, Biography
    Associated organizations MIT Fields of study Piezoelectricity, Radio President of IRE 1932 Walter G. Cady, IRE President, 1932, studied crystal resonators in radio frequency applications, which
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2. Walter Guyton Cady (Wikipedia)
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was an American physicist and electrical engineer
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