Background
Born in Berlin on May 9, 1912, Sennheiser grew up with an interest in radios and electronics.
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Fritz Sennheiser
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He had originally hoped to become a landscape gardener, but chose instead to pursue electrical engineering at the Berlin Institute of Technology and earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the Heinrich Hertz Institute in 1940.
Career
Early life and education
Sennheiser built a crystal radio when he was 11 years old after seeing an early radio. Sennheiser developed a reverberation unit that was used at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was responsible for sending coded messages for the German Army during World World War World War II Business
Later products in the 1950s included his invention of the shotgun microphone, early wireless microphones as well as its distinctive headphones that fit over the ear with flat, disc-shaped headpieces.
By the time of his death, the family-owned business employed 2,100 people with manufacturing facilities in Germany, Ireland and the United States and had sales of $500 million in 2008.
Recognition.
Achievements
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Sennheiser went into business for himself, and achieved early success with a tube voltmeter and microphone, both of which were purchased by Siemens. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized Sennheiser in 1987 with its Scientific and Engineering Award for the development of the MKH 816 shotgun microphone. The Audio Engineering Society (Advanced Encryption Standard) awarded Sennheiser a fellowship in 1976, an honorary membership in 1980, and with its highest accolade, the Advanced Encryption Standard Gold Medal, in 2002.
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Nationality
Germany