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Edward Lawry Norton

1898 - 1983

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Edward Lawry Norton (July 28, 1898 – January 28, 1983) was an accomplished engineer and scientist. He worked at Bell Labs and is known for Norton's theorem. His areas of active research included network theory, acoustical systems, electromagnetic apparatus, and data transmission. A graduate of MIT and Columbia University, he held nineteen patents on his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Lawry Norton is the 340th most popular inventor (down from 326th in 2019), the 7,547th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,605th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Edward Lawry Norton ranks 340 out of 426. Before him are Joseph Engelberger, Roland Moreno, Harry Brearley, Heinrich Gerber, André Blondel, and Henry Shrapnel. After him are David Dunbar Buick, William Fothergill Cooke, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, Ivan Polzunov, John Wilkinson, and Joseph Timchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Edward Lawry Norton ranks 219. Before him are Zhu Ziqing, Petar Gabrovski, Zeki Rıza Sporel, Marilyn Miller, Riichi Yokomitsu, and Vilho Lampi. After him are Georg Kulenkampff, Agnes Ayres, Hugh O'Flaherty, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Mitchell Leisen, and Fridrikh Ermler. Among people deceased in 1983, Edward Lawry Norton ranks 198. Before him are Sven Jacobsson, Adalberts Bubenko, Paolo Pedretti, Bo Ekelund, Sabino Bilbao, and Slim Pickens. After him are Mordecai Kaplan, Earl Tupper, Nikolaus Pevsner, Boris Hagelin, John Bodkin Adams, and Franco Giorgetti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Lawry Norton ranks 7,549 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Foree (1948), Alan Freed (1921), Elisabeth Moss (1982), Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), Jack Dongarra (1950), and Charles P. Kindleberger (1910). After him are John Podesta (1949), Richard D. Wolff (1942), Carl O. Sauer (1889), Robert Carradine (1954), Kenny Dorham (1924), and Will Geer (1902).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Edward Lawry Norton ranks 87. Before him are Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), George Devol (1912), Jack Northrop (1895), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), and Joseph Engelberger (1925). After him are Henry M. Leland (1843), John Fitch (1743), Dan Bricklin (1951), Jay Miner (1932), Margaret E. Knight (1838), and Orville Gibson (1856).

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