significant_projects death_place death_date children birth_place significant_advance article_title significant_design parents birth_date spouse employer education name occupation
h2s radar welsh bicknor , herefordshire , england 7 june 1942 simon blumlein david blumlein hampstead , london , england stereophonic sound television alan blumlein
 ultra -- linear amplifier semmy blumlein jessie dower 29 june 1903 doreen lane emi highgate school imperial college london alan dower blumlein electronic engineer
alan blumlein

alan dower blumlein -lrb- 29 june 1903 -- 7 june 1942 -rrb- was an english electronics engineer , notable for his many inventions in telecommunications , sound recording , stereophonic sound , television and radar .
he received 128 patents and was considered as one of the most significant engineers and inventors of his time .
he died during world war ii on 7 june 1942 , aged 38 , during the secret trial of an h2s airborne radar system then under development , when all on board the halifax bomber he was flying in were killed when it crashed at welsh bicknor in herefordshire .
