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Date of Birth
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09-October-1858
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Place of Birth
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Idvor
(Vojvodina)
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Nationality
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Serbia, United States of America
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Also know as
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Michael I. Pupin, Michael Idvorsky Pupin, Michael Pupin, Михајло ИдворÑки Пупин, Mihajlo Pupin
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Profession
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Inventor, Physicist, Scientist, Engineer, Chemist, Professor
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Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Ph.D., LL.D., also known as Michael I. Pupin, was a Serbian and American physicist and physical chemist. Pupin is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire. Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on March 3, 1915, which later became NASA.
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