Edwin Armstrong vs Erwin Schrödinger
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Compare the life timelines of Edwin Armstrong (1890–1954) and Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 64 years, from 1890 to 1954.
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Edwin Armstrong (1890–1954)
- — Born in New York City Verified
- — Invented the regenerative circuit while an undergraduate Verified
- — Graduated from Columbia University in electrical engineering Verified
- — Invented the superheterodyne receiver while serving in World War I Verified
- — Invented the superregenerative circuit Verified
- — Married Marion MacInnis Verified
- — Received patents for wideband FM radio Verified
- — Built pioneering FM station W2XMN in Alpine, New Jersey Verified
- — Filed patent infringement suit against RCA over FM Verified
- — Died in New York City Verified
Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961)
- — Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary Verified
- — Received doctorate in physics from the University of Vienna Verified
- — Married Annemarie Bertel Verified
- — Appointed professor of theoretical physics at the University of Zurich Verified
- — Published the Schrödinger wave equation Verified
- — Succeeded Max Planck as professor at the University of Berlin Verified
- — Left Germany after the Nazi rise to power and shared the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Proposed the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment Verified
- — Joined the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Verified
- — Died in Vienna, Austria Verified