About Harry Nyquist
Harry Theodor Nyquist (, Swedish: [ˈnŷːkvɪst]; February 7, 1889 – April 4, 1976) was a Swedish-American physicist and electronic engineer who made important contributions to communication theory and feedback control systems. == Personal life == Harry Theodor Nykvist was born on 7 February 1889 in the village of Nilsby, in the Stora Kil parish, Värmland, Sweden. He was the fourth of eight children born to Lars Jonsson Nyqvist (1847–1930) and Catarina (or Katrina) Eriksdotter (1857–1920). He immigrated to the United States in 1907. At Southern Minnesota Normal College he met Antonia Wachlin. They later married and had four children. Nyquist lived in Pharr, Texas after his retirement, and died in Harlingen, Texas on April 4, 1976. == Education == He entered the University of North Dakota in 1912 and received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering in 1914 and 1915, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in physics at Yale University in 1917. == Career == After receiving his doctorate, Nyquist joined AT&T in 1917.
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