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Sidney Darlington

1906 - 1997

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Sidney Darlington (July 18, 1906 – October 31, 1997) was an American electrical engineer and inventor of a transistor configuration in 1953, the Darlington pair. He advanced the state of network theory, developing the insertion-loss synthesis approach, and invented chirp radar, bombsights, and gun and rocket guidance. Darlington was awarded a B.S. in physics, magna cum laude, from Harvard in 1928, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He also received a B.S. in E.E. from MIT in 1929, and a Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sidney Darlington has received more than 63,259 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sidney Darlington is the 313th most popular engineer (down from 303rd in 2019), the 9,093rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,640th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Sidney Darlington ranks 313 out of 323. Before him are Willy Ley, Georgy Babakin, Hesham Qandil, Kevin Warwick, Leon O. Chua, and Chuck Peddle. After him are Pat Symonds, Anatoly Blagonravov, Gordon Bell, John Monash, Pat Fry, and Robert Zubrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Sidney Darlington ranks 343. Before him are Ludwig Lachmann, Cuth Harrison, Robert Surtees, Steve Anderson, Leo Halle, and Helene Costello. After him are Anna Dresden-Polak, Sue Carol, Guglielmo Segato, Toni Ulmen, Greta Nissen, and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Among people deceased in 1997, Sidney Darlington ranks 248. Before him are Laura Nyro, Jacques Pollet, Lars Ahlin, Luigi Cantone, Helene Hanff, and Leni Junker. After him are Ivor Allchurch, Michael Manley, Reinhard Lauck, Francis Johnson, Frank Parker, and Sheldon Leonard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sidney Darlington ranks 9,093 out of 18,182. Before him are Kawhi Leonard (1991), Barney Ewell (1918), Jon Seda (1970), Tracy Scoggins (1953), Stacy Valentine (1970), and Roy A. Tucker (1951). After him are Tom Shadyac (1958), Jaden Smith (1998), Luke Askew (1932), Scott Hall (1958), Tom Seaver (1944), and Patricia Hill Collins (1948).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Sidney Darlington ranks 37. Before him are Alan Shugart (1930), Frances Spence (1922), Butler Lampson (1943), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), Robert H. Dennard (1932), and Chuck Peddle (1937). After him are Gordon Bell (1934), Robert Zubrin (1952), Tom Dowd (1925), John Houbolt (1919), Ted Jensen (1954), and Douglas H. Wheelock (1960).

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