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Archibald Low
English engineer, physicist, inventor and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Archibald Montgomery Low (17 October 1888[1] – 13 September 1956[2]) developed the first powered drone aircraft. He was an English consulting engineer, research physicist and inventor, and author of more than 40 books.
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Low has been called the "father of radio guidance systems" due to his pioneering work on planes, torpedoes boats and guided rockets. He was a pioneer in many fields though, often leading the way for others, but his lack of discipline meant he hardly ever saw a project through, being easily distracted by new ideas. If not for this inability to see things to a conclusion, Low could well have been remembered as one of the great men of science. Many of his scientific contemporaries disliked him, due in part to his using the title "professor", which he was not entitled to do as he did not occupy an academic chair. His love of the limelight and publicity probably also added to the dislike.
Low was working on the invention of television before World War I[3] and promoting its development through the 1920s.[4]