Ray Dolby
American electrical engineer and inventor (1933–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ray Milton Dolby Hon OBE, HonFREng (/ˈdoʊlbi, ˈdɒl-/; January 18, 1933 – September 12, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He helped develop the video tape recorder while at Ampex and was the founder of Dolby Laboratories.
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Born | Ray Milton Dolby (1933-01-18)January 18, 1933 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Died | September 12, 2013(2013-09-12) (aged 80) |
Education | Stanford University (BE) Pembroke College, Cambridge (PhD) |
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Discipline | Electrical engineering, physics |
Institutions | Dolby Laboratories |
Projects | Dolby NR |
Significant design | Surround sound |
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Service/ | United States Army |
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