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Bernard More Oliver was an American computer scientist, inventor, and engineer. Born in Soquel in 1916, he was educated at Stanford University under doctoral advisor Frederick Terman. His professional career included employment at Bell Labs, where he contributed to notable work in pulse-code modulation. He was also recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection.
Oliver received the IEEE Lamme Medal and the National Medal of Science. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. His written works include *Project Cyclops*, *Electronic measurements and instrumentation*, *The selected papers of Bernard M. Oliver*, and *Modern English misusage*. He died in Los Altos Hills in 1995.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1916
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Project Cyclops
- Electronic measurements and instrumentation
- The selected papers of Bernard M. Oliver
- Modern English misusage
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Soquel
- Place of death
- Los Altos Hills
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Stanford University
- Employer
- Bell Labs
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- pulse-code modulation
- Doctoral advisor
- Frederick Terman
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- date of birth
- 1916-05-17
- date of death
- 1995-11-23
- name in native language
- Bernard More Oliver
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
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