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Hendrik Wade Bode

1905 - 1982

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Hendrik Wade Bode ( BOH-dee, 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hendrik Wade Bode has received more than 171,932 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrik Wade Bode is the 271st most popular engineer (down from 240th in 2019), the 6,241st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,598th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 271 out of 389. Before him are Ernest Goüin, Sergey Chaplygin, Mikhail Simonov, Boris Chertok, Verghese Kurien, and Marcel Deprez. After him are Fulgence Bienvenüe, Louis Pouzin, Preston Tucker, Robert W. Paul, Gerhard Fieseler, and Rudy Van Gelder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 250. Before him are Baltasar Albéniz, Mikio Oda, Bernt Evensen, Hadiya Davletshina, Franchot Tone, and Juan Hilario Marrero. After him are Georges Grignard, Stanisław Mazur, Michael Tippett, Lev Schnirelmann, Mischa Auer, and Vera Panova. Among people deceased in 1982, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 181. Before him are Raghunath Murmu, Palden Thondup Namgyal, Lightnin' Hopkins, Robert Havemann, Boris Andreyev, and Tomás Romero Pereira. After him are Percy Williams, Eino Penttilä, Marie Rambert, BP Koirala, Victor Buono, and Dominique Dunne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 6,241 out of 20,380. Before him are Corinne Griffith (1894), Anita Loos (1889), Gary Ross (1956), Robert Lowell (1917), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), and Ray Romano (1957). After him are Renee O'Connor (1971), Aria Giovanni (1977), Caroline Harrison (1832), Carl Switzer (1927), James Agee (1909), and Lhasa de Sela (1972).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 24. Before him are Ed Heinemann (1908), Kenneth Nichols (1907), Aron Ralston (1975), Jon Postel (1943), Butler Lampson (1943), and Eugene Polley (1915). After him are Preston Tucker (1903), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Burt Rutan (1943), Alan Shugart (1930), and Frances Spence (1922).

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