Christian Jacobaeus
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Anton Christian Jacobaeus (born in 1911 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an electrical engineer. He developed the modern crossbar switch used for telephone switching.
Jacobaeus graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in 1934 with a master's degree in electrical engineering. In 1935 he went to work for L. M. Ericsson, where he would spend his entire professional career. In 1950 he received his doctorate in electrical engineering, also from KTH. He retired from Ericsson in 1976, but has continued to serve as a consultant to the company's management.
In 1979, Jacobaeus was awarded the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
[edit] External links
- Jacobaeus' bio at IEEE History Center, written 1979
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