Ralph D. Mershon
American electrical engineer and inventor (1868–1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ralph Davenport Mershon (1868–1952) was an electrical engineer and inventor. His company Mershon Condensers was a successful manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors for the expanding radio market of the 1920s. He is known for the Mershon Auditorium (1957) and the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at his alma mater Ohio State University that his estate made possible. In 1956 a biography and summary of his work was published by Ohio State University; the following article is a digest of that publication.
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Born | Ralph Davenport Mershon (1868-07-14)July 14, 1868 Zanesville, Ohio |
Died | February 14, 1952(1952-02-14) (aged 83) Coconut Grove, Florida |
Education | Ohio State University |
Occupation(s) | Electrical engineer, inventor |
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