Alan Blumlein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alan Blumlein

English electronics engineer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1903

Place of Birth: Hampstead, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1942

Profession: engineer, audio engineer, inventor, electrical engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alan Dower Blumlein (29 June 1903 – 7 June 1942) was an English electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereophonic sound, television and radar.
He received 128 patents and was considered as one of the most significant engineers and inventors of his time.He died during World War II on 7 June 1942, aged 38, during the secret trial of an H2S airborne radar system then under development, when all on board the Halifax bomber he was flying in were killed when it crashed at Welsh Bicknor in Herefordshire.