William Fuller Brown Jr. | |
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| Born | September 21, 1904 Lyon Mountain, New York, United States |
| Died | 1983 (aged 78–79) |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, Columbia University |
| Known for | Micromagnetics |
| Awards | Fulbright scholar, IEEE Fellow, Meritorious Civilian Service Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | magnetism |
| Institutions | Princeton University, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Sun Oil Company, 3M Company, University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | The variation of the internal friction and elastic constants with magnetization in iron (1937) |
| Doctoral advisor | Shirley Leon Quimby |
William Fuller Brown Jr. (21 September 1904 – 12 December 1983) was an American physicist and electrical engineer who developed the theory of micromagnetics, a continuum theory of ferromagnetism that has had numerous applications in physics and engineering. He published three books: Magnetostatic Principles in Ferromagnetism,[1] Micromagnetics,[2] and Magnetoelastic Interactions.[3]