Oliver E. Buckley

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name = Oliver E. Buckley


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birth_date = birth date|1887|8|8
birth_place = Sloan, Iowa
death_date = death date and age|1959|12|14|1887|8|8
death_place = Newark, New Jersey
residence = United States
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nationality = American
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fields = Electrical engineering
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awards = IEEE Edison Medal


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Oliver E. Buckley (August 8, 1887 in Sloan, Iowa - December 14, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to the field of submarine telephony. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "contributions to the science and art which have made possible a transatlantic telephone cable; for wise leadership of a great industrial laboratory; for outstanding services to the government of his country".

Buckley, along with his colleagues at AT&T H. D. Arnold and Gustav Elmen (the discoverer of permalloy), is responsible c.1915 for a method of constructing submarine cable using permalloy tape wrapped around the copper conductors. This construction greatly improves the loading performance of the cable. [Huurdeman, AA, "The worldwide history of telecommunications", p314, Wiley-IEEE, 2003]

The Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize is named in his honor.

External links

* [http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/buckley.html Biography]