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Hendrik Wade Bode

1905 - 1982

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Hendrik Wade Bode ( boh-dee; Dutch: [ˈbodə]; 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 156,534 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrik Wade Bode is the 242nd most popular engineer (down from 231st in 2019), the 5,610th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,025th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 242 out of 323Before him are Aron Ralston, Johannes Winkler, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Verghese Kurien, Jean-Augustin Barral, and Percy Hobart. After him are Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Sherif Ismail, Ernest Goüin, Georgy Langemak, Mal Evans, and Oskar von Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 214Before him are John Peters Humphrey, Pote Sarasin, Mikio Oda, Michael Tippett, Abeid Karume, and Franchot Tone. After him are Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Gustav Wiederkehr, Mario de las Casas, Víctor Morales, C. P. Snow, and Fulvio Bernardini. Among people deceased in 1982, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 157Before him are Lightnin' Hopkins, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Josef Bradl, Ludwig Bieberbach, Hal Foster, and Gunnar Eriksson. After him are Sonny Stitt, Karl Hein, Vladislao Cap, Marie Rambert, Jean Batten, and Nikolai Kamanin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 5,610 out of 18,182Before him are Bob Rafelson (1933), David Dinkins (1927), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Edward Livingston (1764), Marcus Hurley (1883), and Jude Ciccolella (1947). After him are Priscilla Lane (1915), Merle Haggard (1937), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Annabella Sciorra (1960), Neil Flynn (1960), and William Lombardy (1937).

Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Hendrik Wade Bode ranks 24Before him are Preston Tucker (1903), Ed Heinemann (1908), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), and Aron Ralston (1975). After him are Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Frederick Terman (1900), Jack Parsons (1914), Ransom E. Olds (1864), K. Eric Drexler (1955), and Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892).