Gordon S. Brown
Gordon Stanley Brown | |
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| Born | August 30, 1907 |
| Died | August 23, 1996 (aged 88) |
| Known for | Servomechanisms |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | The cinema integraph, a machine for evaluating a parametric product integral (1938) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold L. Hazen |
| Notable students | Jay Wright Forrester |
Gordon Stanley Brown (August 30, 1907 in Australia – August 23, 1996 in Tucson, Arizona) was a professor of electrical engineering at MIT. He originated many of the concepts behind automatic-feedback control systems and the numerical control of machine tools. From 1959 to 1968, he served as the dean of MIT's engineering school. With his former student Donald P. Campbell, he wrote Principles of Servomechanisms in 1948, which is still a standard reference in the field.