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(Q1507196)

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James West

American inventor and acoustician

  • James E. West
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birth name
James Edward Maceo West (English)
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retrieved
23 January 2020
given name
James
series ordinal
1
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Edward
series ordinal
2
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Maceo
series ordinal
3
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family name
West
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award received
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
point in time
2006
award rationale
For co-inventing the electret microphone in 1962. Ninety percent of the two billion microphones produced annually and used in everyday items such as telephones, hearing aids, camcorders, and multimedia computers employ electret technology. (English)
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reference URL
https://www.nationalmedals.org/laureates
ASA Gold Medal
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Identifiers

ISNI
0000000448858495
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Freebase ID
/m/06mvrs
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Prabook ID
1452407
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