Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin

Physicist, Academic

1858 – 1935

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Who was Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin?

Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Ph.D., LL.D., also known as Michael I. Pupin, was a Serbian and American physicist and physical chemist. Pupin is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire. Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on March 3, 1915, which later became NASA.

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Born
Oct 9, 1858
Idvor
Also known as
  • Michael I. Pupin
  • Michael Idvorsky Pupin
  • Michael Pupin
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Serbian Orthodox Church
Ethnicity
  • Serbs
  • Serbian American
Nationality
  • Serbia
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Physics
    (1879 - 1883)
  • Mathematics
  • PhD, Humboldt University of Berlin
    Experimental physics
    (Specialized in Physical Chemistry)
    (1885 - 1889)
  • University of Cambridge
    Physics
    (1883 - 1885)
  • Mathematics
Employment
  • Columbia University
    (1889 - )
Died
Mar 12, 1935
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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