Re: OT: "We're not treating this as a terrorist attack"

Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

[...]

I rate Alan Dower Blumlein as the first modern electronic designer. He
was born in 1903 and died in 1942. His genius didn't owe much to the
enlightenment, but he was brilliant at collaborating with his
colleagues.

...and he gave them credit where it was due.  The HB1 (Holman-Blumlein)
microphone was so-named because Blumlein insisted that, as Herbert
Holman had done a large part of the design work,  he should take the
credit, so his name ought to come first.

I was privileged to know Alan Blumlein's son, Simon, who was also a
wonderful character* and a very likeable person.  Sadly, Simon died last
year but the other members of his family are still going strong.

[* e.g.  On his 60th birthday he dressed up and did the clog dance from
'La File Mal Guardée' in the local High Street to raise money for
charity.]


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