Harold Beverage
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Harold Henry "Bev" Beverage (October 14, 1893 – January 27, 1993) was an American inventor and researcher in electrical engineering. He is known for his invention and development of the wave antenna, which came to be known as the Beverage antenna. Less widely known (outside of the community of science history researchers) is that Bev was a pioneer of radio engineering and his engineering research paralleled the development of radio transmission technology throughout his professional career with significant contributions not only in the field of radio frequency antennas but also radio frequency propagation and systems engineering.[citation needed]
Harold Beverage | |
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Born | 14 October 1893 |
Died | 27 January 1993(1993-01-27) (aged 99) |
Alma mater | University of Maine |
Awards | IEEE Medal of Honor (1945) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrical engineering |
Institutions | RCA |