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Hendrik Wade Bode

1905 - 1982

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Hendrik Wade Bode ( BOH-dee, -⁠də, Dutch: [ˈboːdə]; December 24, 1905 – June 21, 1982) was an American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist, of Dutch ancestry. As a pioneer of modern control theory and electronic telecommunications he revolutionized both the content and methodology of his chosen fields of research. His synergy with Claude Shannon, the father of information theory, laid the foundations for the technological convergence of the Information Age. He made important contributions to the design, guidance and control of anti-aircraft systems during World War II. He helped develop the automatic artillery weapons that defended London from the V-1 flying bombs during WWII. After the war, Bode along with his wartime rival Wernher von Braun, developer of the V-2 rocket, and, later, the father of the US space program, served as members of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of NASA. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrik Wade Bode is the 276th most popular engineer (down from 271st in 2019), the 6,923rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,240th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 276 out of 389. Before him are Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Butler Lampson, Nikolay Makarov, Frances Spence, Jean-Augustin Barral, and Erwin Komenda. After him are Arkhip Lyulka, Émile Lemoine, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Rudy Van Gelder, Boris Chertok, and Oskar von Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 259. Before him are Franchot Tone, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, René Lemoine, Leopold Hofmann, Luis Vargas Peña, and Fausto dos Santos. After him are Theodor Blank, J. William Fulbright, Albert W. Tucker, Leila Hyams, László Papp, and Stanisław Mazur. Among people deceased in 1982, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 194. Before him are Firaq Gorakhpuri, Yuen Ren Chao, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Sonny Stitt, Fernando Lamas, and Leonid Spirin. After him are Robert Havemann, Ramón J. Sender, Jakob Streitle, Paolo Monti, Vladislao Cap, and Clifford Curzon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 6,925 out of 20,380. Before him are Vince Lombardi (1913), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Stanley G. Payne (1934), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), Bobo Brazil (1924), and Mary McCarthy (1912). After him are Luther Vandross (1951), Jeanne Eagels (1890), Patricia Wettig (1951), David White (1916), Joseph Stadler (1880), and Edward M. House (1858).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 26. Before him are Charles F. Brush (1849), Ed Heinemann (1908), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Aron Ralston (1975), Butler Lampson (1943), and Frances Spence (1922). After him are Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), Frederick Terman (1900), Alan Shugart (1930), and Kenneth Nichols (1907).

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