Alexander Muirhead, FRS, (1848-1920) Born Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland was an electrical engineer specialising in wireless telegraphy. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar East Saltoun and West Saltoun are villages in East Lothian, Scotland. East Lothian ( Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 Unitary council areas in Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of Engineering that deals with the study and application of The term Wireless Telegraphy is a historic term used today as applied to early Radio Telegraph communications techniques and practices
He studied for his Bachelor of Science at University College London and then DSc (in electricity) at St Bartholomew's Hospital 1869-1872 where he is credited with recording the first human electrocardiogram. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London DSc ScD SD, or DrSc are common abbreviations for the Latin Scientiæ Doctor, meaning Doctor of Science. St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London, England. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year
He was scientific adviser to his father's company, Latimer Clark, Muirhead & Co. , designing precision instruments, and with H A Taylor patented a method of duplexing wireless signals for use in submarine cables. A duplex Communication system is a system composed of two connected parties or devices which can communicate with one another in both directions A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to carry Telecommunications between countries
He later worked with Sir Oliver Lodge on the development of wireless telegraphy, selling their patents to Marconi in 1904. Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS ( June 12, 1851 - August 22, 1940) born at Penkhull in Stoke-on-Trent and educated Marchese Guglielmo Marconi mar'koni (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor best known for his development of a Radiotelegraph system Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on
He became a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1877, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1904
He died at Shortlands, Kent, on 13 December 1920 and is buried at West Norwood Cemetery
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- Ronald Birse, rev. The Institution of Electrical Engineers or IEE (pronounce I-double-E or I-E-E was a British professional organisation for Electronics, Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Shortlands is a ward of the London Borough of Bromley. Located less than a mile from Bromley town centre it has good transport links to central London mainly KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar West Norwood Cemetery is a 40 acre Cemetery in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, Patricia Knowlden Alexander Muirhead Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription required)
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