Fritz Pfleumer

Fritz Pfleumer
Born(1881-03-20)20 March 1881
Salzburg, Austria-Hungary
Died29 August 1945(1945-08-29) (aged 64)
Radebeul, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationEngineer
Parent(s)Robert Pfleumer (1848–1934)
Minna, née Hünich (1846–1932)
Engineering career
Significant designMagnetic tape

Fritz Pfleumer (20 March 1881 – 29 August 1945) was a German engineer who invented magnetic tape for recording sound.[1]

  1. ^ Eric D. Daniel; C. Denis Mee; Mark H. Clark (1998). Magnetic Recording: The First 100 Years. Wiley-IEEE. ISBN 0-7803-4709-9.