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Thomas W. Parks

American electrical engineer (1939–2020)
Person Human Q7794778

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
March 16, 1939
Date of death
December 24, 2020
Place of birth
Buffalo
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
engineer, university teacher, electrical engineer
Employer
Cornell University, Rice University[8][9]
Educated at
Cornell University, Cornell University College of Engineering[10][11]
Award received
Fulbright Scholarship, IEEE Fellow[14][15]
Doctoral advisor
Hans Wilhelm Schüßler, James Shelby Thorp[12][13]
Doctoral student
James H. McClellan, Douglas L. Jones, Sean Anthony Ramprashad, Michael Sean Richman, Rajeev Krishnamoorthy[19][20][21][22][23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[27]
Family name
Parks[24]
Given name
Thomas, William[25][26]
Member of
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Academy of Engineering[16][17]
Writing language
English[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas William Parks en Thomas W. Parks ar توماس دبليو. باركس fa توماس دبلیو. پارکس
🔖 Identifiers · 12
ISNI
0000000063545092
VIAF cluster ID
65402480, 83152636173220052561
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84042506
GND ID
1157195733
DBLP author ID
231/8523
Freebase ID
/m/0gg683s
IdRef ID
10699669X
J9U entity ID
987007335136705171
MR Author ID
233024
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
30200
National Academy of Engineering member ID
31135
Prabook ID
1376099

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Summary

Thomas W. Parks was born on March 16, 1939[1], in Buffalo[2]. He died on December 24, 2020[3]. He worked as an engineer[4], university teacher[5], and electrical engineer[6].

FAQs

Where was Thomas W. Parks born?

Thomas W. Parks's place of birth was Buffalo[2].

What did Thomas W. Parks do for work?

Thomas W. Parks worked as an engineer[4], university teacher[5], and electrical engineer[6].

Where did Thomas W. Parks go to school?

Thomas W. Parks was educated at Cornell University[10] and Cornell University College of Engineering[11].

What awards did Thomas W. Parks receive?

Honors received include Fulbright Scholarship[14] and IEEE Fellow[15].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . bangsfuneralhome.com. bangsfuneralhome.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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