Gordon S. Brown

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1907 – 1996

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Who was Gordon S. Brown?

Gordon Stanley Brown was a professor of electrical engineering at MIT. He originated many of the concepts behind automatic-feedback control systems and the numerical control of machine tools. From 1959 to 1968, he served as the dean of MIT's engineering school. With his former student Donald P. Campbell, he wrote Principles of Servomechanisms in 1948, which is still a standard reference in the field.

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Born
Aug 30, 1907
Australia
Also known as
  • Gordon Brown
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employment
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Died
Aug 23, 1996

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on July 23, 2013

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