Rufus Turner
(1907-1982)
electronics author, engineer, academic
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Rufus Paul Turner (December 25, 1907 – March 25, 1982) was an academic, engineer, and author who published on semiconductor devices, technical writing style, and poet-novelist Charlotte Turner 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. He wrote over 40 books and 3000 articles during his six-decade career.
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25 December 1907 Houston, Texas
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25 March 1982 (aged 74)
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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