Died 1976-04-04.
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Harry Nyquist
Harry Theodor Nyquist was a Swedish-American physicist and electronic engineer who made important contributions to communication theory and feedback control systems.
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science · Swedish-American physicist (1889–1976) · physicist · computer scientist · inventor · statistician · mathematician · engineer · also Harry Nyquist, Harry Theodor Nyqvist, Nyquist
Born 7 February 1889 · Died 4 April 1976 · Q316022
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1976· 2 entries
Nyquist lived in Pharr, Texas after his retirement, and died in Harlingen, Texas on April 4, 1976.
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1975· 1 entry
Won Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1975).
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1969· 1 entry
And shared the 1975 Rufus Oldenburger Medal with Hendrik Wade Bode
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1960· 3 entries
Won Stuart Ballantine Medal (1960).
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Won IEEE Medal of Honor (1960).
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For his contributions to the understanding of thermal noise, data transmission, and negative feedback
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1954· 1 entry
But continued for several years as a part-time consultant on communications problems for the Bell System and federal agencies
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1945· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Physical Society (1945).
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1934· 1 entry
Moved to Bell Telephone Laboratories, where his work broadened from transmission engineering to communications systems
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1928· 2 entries
Johnson measured random voltage fluctuations in resistances and showed that they increased with temperature and resistance
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“Certain Topics in Telegraph Transmission Theory”
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1927· 1 entry
Conceived the negative-feedback amplifier
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1924· 2 entries
And offered commercially the following year
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“Certain Factors Affecting Telegraph Speed”
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1923· 1 entry
Nyquist compared a standard controlling frequency with the output of a motor-driven generator
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1915· 1 entry
Studied at University of North Dakota (1912–1915).
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1889· 1 entry
Born 1889-02-07.
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1847· 1 entry
He was the fourth of eight children born to Lars Jonsson Nyqvist (1847–1930) and Catarina (or Katrina) Eriksdotter (1857–1920).
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