Fritz Langford-Smith

Born Sydney 29 June 1904; died Sydney 3 December 1966. Education, Sydney University (B.Sc. 1926, B.E. 1928). Engineer, Cosmos Lamp Works, U.K., 1929-32; A.W.A. Valve Co., 1932-56; English Electric Company, U.K., 1956-63. Editor, Radiotronics, 1935-50.

Tone compensation in broadcast receivers. Radio Review of Australia, 4(7) (July 1936), 6-12.

(Abstract) Power output systems. Radio Review of Australia, 4(12) (December 1936), 18.

The relationship between the power output stage and the loudspeaker. World Radio Convention. Proceedings. (Sydney, 1938), paper no.24; A.W.A. Technical Review, 4 (1939), 199-223.

The Radiotron designer's handbook. Sydney: Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co./Harrison, N.J.: Radio Corporation of America, 1934. (2nd edition) Sydney: Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co./Harrison, N.J.: Radio Corporation of America, 1935. 58pp. (3rd edition) Sydney: Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co./Harrison, N.J.: Radio Corporation of America, 1940. 352pp. Also published as Radio designer's handbook. London: Wireless World, 1940.

LANGFORD-SMITH died last December in Australia. Mr. Langford-Smith was made an Honorary

Member of the Society in 1959 for his Radiotron Designers Handbook.

"its importance in the education of a generation of audio engineers."