John G. Backus (1911–1988)
Author of The Acoustical Foundations of Music
Works by John G. Backus
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Backus, John G.
- Legal name
- Backus, John Graham
- Birthdate
- 1911-04-29
- Date of death
- 1988-10-28
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Education
- Reed College, Portland, Oregon (BA|1932)
University of California, Berkeley (nuclear physics|MA|1936|PhD|1940)
University of Southern California (MMus|1959) - Occupations
- professor of physics (University of Southern California|1945-1980)
- Awards and honors
- Silver Medal of the Acoustical Society of America (1986)
- Short biography
- Later he turned increasingly to the study of acoustics, especially those of wind instruments and organ pipes.
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- Works
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- Members
- 105
- Popularity
- #183,191
- Rating
- 3.6
- ISBNs
- 3