Wallace Clement Sabine
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Wallace Clement Sabine was an American physicist regarded as the founder of architectural acoustics, known for his pioneering work on reverberation and sound in enclosed spaces.
Statements (46)
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| instanceOf |
academic
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acoustician → human → physicist → |
| academicDegree |
A.B. from Ohio State University
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A.M. from Harvard University → |
| birthDate |
1868-06-13
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| birthPlace |
Richwood, Ohio, United States
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| burialPlace |
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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| causeOfDeath |
cancer
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| deathDate |
1919-01-10
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Ohio State University → |
| employer |
Harvard University
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| era |
early 20th century
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late 19th century → |
| familyName |
Sabine
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| fieldOfWork |
acoustics
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architectural acoustics → physics → |
| fullName |
Wallace Clement Sabine
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| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Wallace
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| hasDiscipline |
architectural acoustics
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| hasFormula |
T = 0.161 V / A
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| influenced |
modern auditorium design
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standards for concert hall acoustics → |
| knownFor |
Sabine reverberation formula
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acoustic design of Boston Symphony Hall → founding the field of architectural acoustics → pioneering studies of reverberation time in rooms → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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| nativeLanguage |
English
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| notableWork |
Acoustics of auditoriums and lecture halls
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Sabine formula for reverberation time → |
| occupation |
physicist
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university professor → |
| positionHeld |
Assistant Professor of Physics at Harvard University
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Dean of the Graduate School of Applied Science at Harvard University → |
| reverberationTimeFormulaVariable |
A (total absorption)
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T (reverberation time) → V (room volume) → |
| spouse |
Marian Parker
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| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Referenced by (5)
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Symphony Hall
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acousticConsultant |
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Percy W. Bridgman
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doctoralAdvisor |
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Acoustical Society of America
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founder |
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Wallace Clement Sabine
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fullName |
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ASA Gold Medal
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notableRecipient |