Pupin, Mihajlo

1. Entity type Person
2. Name in other language Pupin, Mihajlo (en)
3. Birth date 9 October 1854
4. Death date 12 March 1935
5. Birth place Idvor
6. Death place New York
7. Gender Name Male
8. Other Name
   1. Pupin, Idvorski Mihajlo
9. Biographical Data

   1. Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (October 4^th, 1858 – March 12^th, 1935) was one of the greatest Serbian scientists. He was best known for devising means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as pupinization). His 1894 invention of the loading coil, now known as "Pupin coil", greatly extended the range of long-distance telephones.

      Pupin was born in the small village of Idvor. His parents were illiterate but they encouraged his education. The period of school was mixed with manual work he had to do to pursue education in the United States. He graduated from Columbia University and obtained

      Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin was one of the greatest Serbian scientists. He was best known for devising means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as pupinization). His 1894 invention of the loading coil, now known as "Pupin coil", greatly extended the range of long-distance telephones.

      Pupin was born in the small village of Idvor. His parents were illiterate but they encouraged his education. The period of school was mixed with manual work he had to do to pursue education in the United States. He graduated from Columbia University and obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Berlin under Herman von Helmholtz. 

      In 1889 he started teaching mathematical physics at Columbia University, where in 1901 he became a professor and in 1931 a professor emeritus. Pupin was president of the New York Academy of Science, member of the French Academy of Science and the Serbian Academy of Science. He was also president of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1917 and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1925–1926. He was a founding member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics which later became NASA. Columbia University's Pupin Hall, the site of Pupin Physics Laboratory, was completed in 1927 and named after him in 1935. A small crater on the Moon was named in his honor as well.

      Pupin received Pulitzer Prize in 1924 for his autobiographical work From Immigrant to Inventor (1923).

       

      Ph.D. at the University of Berlin under Herman von Helmholtz. 

      In 1889 he started teaching mathematical physics at Columbia University, where in 1901 he became a professor and in 1931 a professor emeritus. Pupin was president of the New York Academy of Science, member of the French Academy of Science and the Serbian Academy of Science. He was also president of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1917 and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1925–1926. He was a founding member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics which later became NASA. Columbia University's Pupin Hall, the site of Pupin Physics Laboratory, was completed in 1927 and named after him in 1935. A small crater on the Moon was named in his honor as well.

10. Electronic Location 30/09/2016