Rudolf Kompfner
Austrian inventor and physicist
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Rudolf Kompfner was an Austrian-born inventor, physicist and architect, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube. Wikipedia
Born: May 16, 1909, Vienna, Austria
Died: December 3, 1977 (age 68 years), Stanford, CA
Education: University of Oxford
Awards: Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1955), Stuart Ballantine Medal (1960), IEEE Medal of Honor (1973), and more