biography
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Olson, Harry (Ferdinand)
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| lived:
| (1901–82)
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| biography:
| Radio engineer and inventor, born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, USA. He studied at the University of Iowa, then joined the RCA laboratories in 1928, his first invention being a directional microphone. In the late 1940s he carried out a series of tests which established the standards for high-fidelity sound reproduction, then in 1955 developed the first electronic music synthesizer with which Charles Wuorinen (1938– ) produced his composition Time's Encomium (1970, Pulitzer). He held over 100 US patents for acoustic devices and systems. |
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