Percy Spencer

Percy LaBaron Spencer was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finishing grammar school.

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Who was born first?

• Percy Spencer and Pyotr Kapitsa were born the same year
• Percy Spencer and Kōnosuke Matsushita were born the same year
• Percy Spencer and Hermann Oberth were born the same year
• Percy Spencer was born 1 year before Buckminster Fuller
• Percy Spencer was born 1 year before Igor Tamm

Timeline

1. Hermann OberthJune 25, 1894 – December 28, 1989
2. Kōnosuke MatsushitaNovember 27, 1894 – April 27, 1989
3. Percy Spencer (this page)July 9, 1894 – September 8, 1970
4. Pyotr KapitsaJune 26, 1894 – April 8, 1984
5. Buckminster FullerJuly 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983
6. Igor TammJuly 8, 1895 – April 12, 1971

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• Leonhard EulerApril 15, 1707 – September 18, 1783
• Michael FaradaySeptember 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867