Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Robert C. Sprague (August 2, 1900 – September 27, 1991) was the son of Frank J. Sprague Jr and Harriet Sprague. Sprague founded Sprague Electric (originally Sprague Specialties Company), Quincy, MA in 1926, and served as president from 1926-1953 and chief executive from 1953-1971. He invented the tone control for radio and the paper capacitor that launched his business.Sprague was appointed by President Eisenhower to serve as Undersecretary to the Air Force in 1953. He accepted then rejected the position due to financial difficulties.Sprague Electric was an electronic component maker and was best known for making a large line of capacitors (electron storage device) used in a wide variety of electrical and electronic in commercial, industrial and military/space applications. Other products include resistive components, magnetic components (transformers and coils), filter assemblies, semiconductors and integrated circuits. Sprague had two brothers, Frank Desmond, and Julian Sprague, who assisted in company operations. Sprague capacitor products were bought and absorbed by Vishay in the early 1993."@en }
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- Robert_C._Sprague abstract "Robert C. Sprague (August 2, 1900 – September 27, 1991) was the son of Frank J. Sprague Jr and Harriet Sprague. Sprague founded Sprague Electric (originally Sprague Specialties Company), Quincy, MA in 1926, and served as president from 1926-1953 and chief executive from 1953-1971. He invented the tone control for radio and the paper capacitor that launched his business.Sprague was appointed by President Eisenhower to serve as Undersecretary to the Air Force in 1953. He accepted then rejected the position due to financial difficulties.Sprague Electric was an electronic component maker and was best known for making a large line of capacitors (electron storage device) used in a wide variety of electrical and electronic in commercial, industrial and military/space applications. Other products include resistive components, magnetic components (transformers and coils), filter assemblies, semiconductors and integrated circuits. Sprague had two brothers, Frank Desmond, and Julian Sprague, who assisted in company operations. Sprague capacitor products were bought and absorbed by Vishay in the early 1993.".