词条 | Teddy Rosen |
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Edward (Teddy) Ezra Rosen (1898 - 6 March 1966) was the founder of Ultra Electronics, one of the United Kingdom's largest electronics manufacturers. CareerBorn the son of Rachel and Samuel Rosen, immigrants from Poland,[1] Teddy was educated at the Jews' Free School in Kenton, northwest London.[2] He joined Marconi in the Post Office Wireless Department in 1911.[1] During World War I Teddy joined the Royal Flying Corps where he serviced radios.[1] In 1920 he founded Ultra Electric where he was keen on delivering quality radio sets at a reasonable price.[1] He was Chairman of the Radio Manufacturers' Association[3] and served as Chairman of the Television and Radio Industries Club in 1953/54.[4] He was still Chairman on Ultra Electric (Holdings) Group in 1961[5] but resigned shortly after the acquisition of the business by Thorn Electrical Industries in October of that year.[6] In 1960 he became Chairman of the British Technion Society which supports the Israel Institute of Technology.[7] The Institute awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science in Technology in 1966.[8] In retirement he was still giving talks on his career.[9] He died on 6 March 1966, in Hove.[10] References1. ^1 2 3 Vintage Technology: Ultra Electric {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, Teddy}}{{UK-business-bio-1890s-stub}}2. ^JFS Alumni 3. ^Opening of BBC Television 4. ^Television and Radio Industries Club {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204045402/http://www.tric.org.uk/main/past_presidents_02.html |date=2010-02-04 }} 5. ^In brief Flight Magazine, 13 January 1961 6. ^Graces Guide: Ultra Electric 7. ^British Technion Society {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819212221/http://www.britishtechnionsociety.org/ReadContent93.aspx |date=2009-08-19 }} 8. ^Technion: Honor List 9. ^Wireless Manufacturing between the Wars Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society, 4 February 2007 10. ^National Probate Calendar 4 : 1898 births|1966 deaths|Jewish biography stubs|Polish businesspeople |
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