Parker, Louis

(1906– ) electrical engineer, inventor; born in Budapest, Hungary. He emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1923 and studied at the City College of New York. He worked on radio direction finders for aircraft, designed portable transmitters for military use, and developed an inexpensive sound system used in television receivers worldwide—his most famous invention. His Parker Instrument Corp. produced some instruments used in the Apollo moon project.

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In the Academy Division, a double from Charlie Deakin plus strikes from Sam Parker, Louis Bennett and Adam Riley saw Holy Rosary Rhinos charge past Davenhill Destroyers 5-0.

LOYDEN IN SUPER FORM; A PETRICCA

Front: Oliver Hanson, Tom Lindsey, Jack Senior, Morgan McLaren, Satyan Pandy Pictures by Eric Kershaw (zyhudd020612almker) * LET BATTLE COMMENCE: Lepton Under 15s (back, from left) Ben Fox, Harry Parker, Louis Hall, Jacob Mulhall, Jack Brown, Ryan Schofield, Mark Hepworth.

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HERMAN Leonard captured the jazz age with his smoky, backlit black-and-white photographs of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra.

Herman Leonard; obituary

He argues as well that musicians like Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, and Thelonious Monk possess in their own ways the same kind of integrative imagination.

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Moyes is looking for substantial funds in the January transfer window, to allow him to pursue players with the quality of the likes of Scott Parker, Louis Saha, Nicolas Anelka and Robert Huth in the transfer market.

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The jazz trail includes New Orleans, Harlem, Kansas City, Mo., Chicago, and the homes of Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong and other great jazz musicians.

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Raby Villa got the better of Bronze Social 4-1 and in the Unite the Union Chester FA Challenge Cup Blacon Youth reserves went nap without reply against Boughton Athletic, Chris Varney (2), Adrian Parker, Louis Feerick & Tom George scoring.

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That was why he played with Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole and Dizzie Gillespie; and, on special occasions, before our Queen and President Richard Nixon.