Percy Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, k… 展开

Jack was born in Howland, Maine. Eighteen months later, Spencer's father died, and his mother soon left him in the care of his aunt and uncle. His uncle then died when Spencer was just seven years old. Spencer subsequently lef… 展开

By 1939, Percy became one of the world's leading experts in radar tube design. Spencer worked at Raytheon, a contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense, as the chief of the power tube division. While working at Rayth… 展开

Spencer and his wife, Louise, had three children: John, James, and George. He counted Vannevar Bush, Omar Bradley, William Redington Hewlett and David Packard as friends. Later, he married Lillian Ottenheimer on … 展开