Dennis Gabor
Born
Günszberg Dénes

(1900-06-05)5 June 1900
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died9 February 1979(1979-02-09) (aged 78)
London, England
CitizenshipHungarian / British
Alma mater
  • Technical University of Berlin
  • Technical University of Budapest
Known for
  • Holography
  • Gabor filter
  • Gabor limit
  • Gabor transform
  • Gabor atom
  • Gabor wavelet
Spouse(s)
Marjorie Louise Butler (m. 1936)
(1911–1981)
Awards
  • FRS (1956)
  • Young Medal and Prize (1967)
  • Rumford Medal (1968)
  • IEEE Medal of Honor (1970)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1971)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering Physics
Institutions
  • Imperial College London
  • British Thomson-Houston
Doctoral studentsEric Ash[citation needed]