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Saraga, Wolja, 1908-1980

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Personal name headingSaraga, Wolja, 1908-1980
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Associated countryGermany Great Britain
LocatedLondon (England)
Birth date1908
Death date1980-02-15
Place of birthBerlin (Germany)
Field of activityPhysics Electrical engineering Teaching
Profession or occupationElectrical engineers
Scientists Teachers
Found inBerlin to London, 2019: back cover (Wolja Saraga; German Jewish refugee) p. 1 (born in Berlin) pp. 5-6 (had a PhD in physics and worked as a research scientist; had to leave Germany ... in May 1938 he was given permission, as a scientist, to enter the UK on a temporary basis to look for work ... settled in a middle-class suburb south east of London; naturalized as British citizen in 1947; April 1908, five months before Wolja was born) pp. 229-231 (worked for Telephone Manufacturing Company for twenty years; after the war he started to teach evening classes and in 1947, ... he was granted a patent; in 1958 joined Siemens ... as a research scientist and group leader; 1962 ... recognized by the award of the Fellowship of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 'for contributions to network theory and its application in communication'; continued to teach evening classes and spent one day a week giving postgraduate lectures and supervising research students at Imperial College; retired in 1973 ... made a Visiting Professor by Imperial College) p. 239 (d. 15 February 1980)
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