Electrical engineering a crucial enabling technology for electronic television. John Fleming invented the first radio tube, the diode, in 1904. Two years later, Robert von Lieben and Lee De Forest independently developed the amplifier tube, called the triode. In 1920, Albert Hull developed the magnetron which would eventually lead to the development of the microwave oven in 1946 by Percy Spencer. In 1934, the British military began to make strides toward radar (which also uses the magnetron) under the direction of Dr Wimperis, culminating in the operation of the first radar station at Bawdsey in August 1936. In 1941, Konrad Zuse presented
Arthur Williams (electrical engineer) his work in connection with the American Museum of Safety the King of Spain made him a Knight of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic. Arthur Williams (electrical engineer) Arthur Williams (August 14, 1868 – April 14, 1937) was an American electrical engineer, executive at the New York Edison Company, Federal Food Administrator of the City of New York, and first president of The National Association of Corporation Schools in 1913. Williams was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1868, the son of Rev. Christopher S. and Hannah Sanford (Rogers) Williams. He was educated in the public and private schools