Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal
The Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal, named after radio pioneer Valdemar Poulsen, was awarded each year for outstanding research in the field of radio techniques and related fields by the. The award was presented on November 23, the anniversary of Poulsen's birth. The award was discontinued in 1993.
Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal
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- The Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal
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- gold medal
- Period
- 1939
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- Denmark
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The Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal, named after radio pioneer Valdemar Poulsen, was awarded each year for outstanding research in the field of radio techniques and related fields by the. The award was presented on November 23, the anniversary of Poulsen's birth. The award was discontinued in 1993.
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• Name — The Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal • Awarded For — Outstanding research in the field of radio techniques and related fields • Country — Denmark • Year — 1939 • Year2 — 1993 • Website — http: www.atv.dk
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• 1939 Valdemar Poulsen • 1946 Robert Watson-Watt • 1947 Ernst Alexanderson • 1948 Edward Victor Appleton • 1953 Balthasar van der Pol • 1956 Harald T. Friis • 1958 Hidetsugu Yagi • 1960 Charles P. Ginsburg • 1963 John R. Pierce • 1969 Jay Wright Forrester • 1973 J. B. Gunn • 1976 Andrew Bobeck
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- 1.Knudsen, Henrik. VISIONER, VIDEN OG VÆRDISKABELSE – EN HISTORIE OM AKADEMIET FOR DE TEKNISKE VIDENSKABER. 130. 2012. 978-87-7836-063-2.
- 2.Awards of the Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal. Nature. 159. 4041. 496–497. April 12, 1947. 10.1038/159496d0.
- 3.Sir Robert A. Watson-Watt, Vice-President, 1950. Proceedings of the IRE. 38. 2. 114. February 1950. 10.1109/JRPROC.1950.229819.
- 4.Brittain, J. E. Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Ernst F. W. Alexanderson. Proceedings of the IEEE. IEEE. 92. 7. 1216–1219. July 2004. 10.1109/JPROC.2004.828999.
- 5.Brittain, J.E. Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Ernst F. W. Alexanderson. Proceedings of the IEEE. IEEE. 92. 7. 1216–1219. July 2004. 10.1109/JPROC.2004.828999.
- 6.Cartwright, Mary L. Balthazar Van Der Pol. J. London Math. Soc. Oxford Univ. Press. 35. 3. 367–376. 1960. 10.1112/jlms/s1-35.3.367.
- 7.Brittain, J. E. Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Harald T. Friis [Scanning Our Past]. Proceedings of the IEEE. IEEE. 97. 9. 1651–1654. 1960. 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2025788.
- 8.Valdemar Poulsen Medal To Videotape Developer. Radio-Electronics. XXXII. 2. 6. February 1961.
- 9.Marc, David. Ginsburg, Charles Paulson. American National Biography Online. February 2000.
- 10.American Institute of Physics. Gunn awarded Poulsen Gold Medal. Physics Today. 26. 2. 63. February 1973. 10.1063/1.3127958.
- 11.Bobeck Given Award. Computerworld. March 14, 1977.
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