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.


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


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