Rufus P. Turner | |
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Born | Houston, Texas | December 25, 1907
Died | March 25, 1982 | (aged 74)
Education | Armstrong Tech California State College (BA, 1958) University of Southern California (MA, 1960; PhD, 1966) |
Known for | Transistor radios; popular and technical electronics texts |
Rufus Paul Turner (December 25, 1907 – March 25, 1982)[1] was an academic, engineer, and author who published on semiconductor devices, technical writing style, and poet-novelist Charlotte Smith. After three decades working with electronic devices – including developing the first practical transistor radio – he earned a doctorate in literature at age 52 and became an English professor.[1] He wrote over 40 books and 3000 articles during his six-decade career.[1]