Harvey Fletcher

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:educator
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Brigham_Young_University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:award gptkb:Franklin_Medal
gptkb:IEEE_Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:John_Price_Wetherill_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1884-09-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Provo,_Utah,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:James_C._Fletcher
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Fletcher-Munson_equal-loudness_contours
contributions to the field of electroacoustics
development of audiometers
development of the Western Electric 2-A audiometer
development of the first electronic hearing aid
improvements in telephone technology
pioneering research in psychoacoustics
research on binaural hearing
research on the physics of sound
speech and hearing research
stereophonic sound recording and reproduction
studies on the human ear
work on vacuum tube amplifiers
work on the transmission of speech and music over telephone lines
gptkbp:deathDate 1981-07-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Provo,_Utah,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Robert_Millikan
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:William_Shockley
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkb:Brigham_Young_University
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:field acoustics
electrical engineering
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harvey Fletcher
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fletcher-Munson_curves
audiometry
electronic hearing aid
stereophonic sound
work at Bell Labs
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:William_Shockley
gptkbp:religion gptkb:The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lorena_Chipman
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Andrews_Millikan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4