Henry sampson inventor biography
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Henry sampson inventor biography
Henry T. Sampson
American engineer and film historian (–)
For other uses, see Henry Sampson (disambiguation).
Henry T. Sampson | |
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| Born | Henry Thomas Sampson Jr. ()April 22, Jackson, Mississippi |
| Died | June 4, () (aged&#;81) Stockton, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Known&#;for | Creating the gamma-electric cell |
Henry Thomas Sampson Jr. (April 22, – June 4, ) was an American engineer, inventor and film historian[1] who created the gamma-electric cell in — a device with the main goal of generating auxiliary power from the shielding of a nuclear reactor.
He wrote wrote Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films, The Ghost Walks: A Chronological History of Blacks in Show Business, , and the two volume Singin' on the Ether Waves: a Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Programming, –.
Early life
Henry Thomas Sampson was born on April 22, , in Jackson, Mississippi, to Henry T. Sampson Sr. and Est