Gordon Stanley Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 30, 1907 |
| Died | August 23, 1996 (aged 88) |
| Known for | Servomechanisms |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | The cinema integraph, a machine for evaluating a parametric product integral (1938) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold L. Hazen |
| Notable students | Jay Wright Forrester |
Gordon Stanley Brown (August 30, 1907 in Australia – August 23, 1996 in Tucson, Arizona) was a professor of electrical engineering at MIT. He originated many of the concepts behind automatic-feedback control systems and the numerical control of machine tools.[1] From 1959 to 1968, he served as the dean of MIT's engineering school. With his former student Donald P. Campbell, he wrote Principles of Servomechanisms in 1948, which is still a standard reference in the field.