Albert Hull

Name: Albert Wallace Hull

Born: April 19, 1880, in Southington, Connecticut USA

Death: January 22, 1966 (Age: 85)

Computer-related contributions

• American electrical engineer.
• Best known for his invention of the magnetron.
• Worked on developing vacuum tube.
• Created a greater number of new types of electron tubes than any other person.

Significant publications

• Proceedings of the IRE (1918).
• Author or coauthor of 72 technical publications.

Honors and awards

• IRE Medal of Honor (1958).
• IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1930).
• Awarded 94 patents.
• Howard N. Potts Medal of the Franklin Institute (1924).