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Percy Spencer

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American engineer and inventor (1894-1970)

United StatesScientistsLived 1894 to 1970 · aged 76
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Percy LaBaron Spencer was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finishing grammar school.

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1999National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Percy LaBaron Spencer was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finishing grammar school. During the night shift, he taught himself topics such as calculus, trigonometry, physics, and chemistry, establishing a lifelong habit of self-education or "solving my own situation" as he called it.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1894 to 1970 · aged 76
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25 languages

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