Rufus P. Turner

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California State College (BA, 1958)
University of Southern California (MA, 1960; PhD, 1966) |known_for=Transistor radios; popular and technical electronics texts }}

Rufus Paul Turner (December 25, 1907 – March 25, 1982) was an academic, engineer, and author who published on semiconductor devices, technical writing style, and poet-novelist Charlotte Smith. After three decades working with electronic devices – including developing the first practical transistor radio – he earned a doctorate in literature at age 52 and became an English professor. He wrote over 40 books and 3000 articles during his six-decade career. Provided by Wikipedia