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Gordon Hindle Rawcliffe (1910–1979), electrical engineer and university teacher | Gordon Hindle Rawcliffe (1910–1979), electrical engineer and university teacher | ||
From the Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology<ref>Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology, edited by Lance Day and Ian McNeil, Routledge, 1996</ref>:- | |||
1910 Born in Sheffield | 1910 Born in Sheffield | ||
1932 Joined [[Metropolitan-Vickers]] as a college apprentice. Subsequently lectured at Liverpool University | |||
1941 Head of Electrical Engineering at Robert Gordon Technical College in Aberdeen, and also lectured at Aberdeen University | |||
1944 Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of Bristol, remianing there until retirement in 1975 | |||
1979 Died in Bristol on 3 September | 1979 Died in Bristol on 3 September | ||
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Gordon Hindle Rawcliffe (1910–1979), electrical engineer and university teacher
From the Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology[1]:-
1910 Born in Sheffield
1932 Joined Metropolitan-Vickers as a college apprentice. Subsequently lectured at Liverpool University
1941 Head of Electrical Engineering at Robert Gordon Technical College in Aberdeen, and also lectured at Aberdeen University
1944 Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of Bristol, remianing there until retirement in 1975
1979 Died in Bristol on 3 September
Invented the multi-speed induction motor using the pole amplitude modulation (PAM) principle.
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- ↑ Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology, edited by Lance Day and Ian McNeil, Routledge, 1996