John Linsley Hood
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John Linsley Hood was an electronics designer who is best remembered for his "Simple Class A Amplifier", which he designed to provide a good-quality performance comparable with that of the classic Williamson amplifier
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The design was published in Wireless World
in 1969 (April 1969 issue, p. 148), and later updated in 1996.
He wrote for a number of magazines and published a number of books including
He was born in 1925, and died on 11 March 2004.
John Laurence Linsley-Hood, born 1925, was educated at Reading School, Acton Polytechnic, the Royal Technical College(Glasgow) and after war, at Reading University. In 1942 he joined the G.E.C.Research Laboratries at Wembley, working on magnetron development as junior member of a team. In 1943 he joined the R.A.F in aircrew but was transferred to work on Radar. He subsequently worked with T.R.E.(Malvern) overseas. After a return to university he joined the Windscale Research Laboratories of the Atomic Energy Authority. He was in charge of the electronics team in the research Laboratories of British Cellophane Ltd. from 1954.
Williamson amplifier
A Williamson amplifier refers to a type of vacuum tube amplifier whose circuit design is similar to that originally published by D.T.N. Williamson.- Explanation :...
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The design was published in Wireless World
Wireless World
Wireless World was the pre-eminent British magazine for radio and electronics enthusiasts. It was one of the very few "informal" journals which were tolerated as a professional expense.- History :...
in 1969 (April 1969 issue, p. 148), and later updated in 1996.
He wrote for a number of magazines and published a number of books including
- The Art of Linear Electronics (Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993);
- Audio Electronics (Oxford, Newnes, 1995); and
- Valve and Transistor Audio Amplifiers (Oxford, Newnes, 1997).
He was born in 1925, and died on 11 March 2004.
John Laurence Linsley-Hood, born 1925, was educated at Reading School, Acton Polytechnic, the Royal Technical College(Glasgow) and after war, at Reading University. In 1942 he joined the G.E.C.Research Laboratries at Wembley, working on magnetron development as junior member of a team. In 1943 he joined the R.A.F in aircrew but was transferred to work on Radar. He subsequently worked with T.R.E.(Malvern) overseas. After a return to university he joined the Windscale Research Laboratories of the Atomic Energy Authority. He was in charge of the electronics team in the research Laboratories of British Cellophane Ltd. from 1954.
External links
- http://www.tcaas.btinternet.co.uk/jlharticles.htm The Published Articles of John Linsley Hood
- Amazon author list
- Retrospective article Electronics World, September 1996