Background
Frank Wilfred Jordan was born in 1882 in Canterbury, Kent, England, the son of Edward James Jordan and Eliza Edith (maiden name unknown).
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From 1899 to 1904, he was a student at the Royal College of Science, from which he graduated with an Associateship in physics and a master of science degree.
Career
Frank Wilfred Jordan (1882 - ? This circuit became the basis of electronic memory in computers. Jordan received his secondary education at the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury, Kent, England. In 1912 he was a "lecturer in physics", presumably at the Royal College of Science.
In 1918 he was an "electrician" at City and Guilds Technical College.
There is little else known about him. This flip-flop circuit became perhaps the most important circuits in computer technology, allowing memory to be stored.
Frank Wilfred Jordan, "Improvements relating to radiometers, thermogalvanometers, and the like" British patent number: Great Britain 191226631 (filed: 1912. Published: 20 November 1913).
William Henry Eccles and Frank Wilfred Jordan, "Improved method of generating electric oscillations" British patent number: Great Britain 149018 (filed: 20 March 1918.
Published: 12 August 1920). William Henry Eccles and Frank Wilfred Jordan, "Improvements in applications of thermionic valves to production of alternating currents and relaying" British patent number: Great Britain 155854 (filed: 17 April 1918. Published: 6 January 1921).
William Henry Eccles and Frank Wilfred Jordan, "Improvements in ionic relays" British patent numbers: Great Britain 148582 (filed: 21 June 1918.
Published: 5 August 1920) and Great Britain 149702 (field 21 June 1918. Published: 26 August 1920).
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