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| Born in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]], he moved to [[Rochester, New York]], where his father worked as a professor of [[German language|German]]. He earned an [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] (1927) and [[Master of Science|S.M.]] (1929) degree in [[physics]] from the [[University of Rochester]]. He was an exchange student at the [[University of Munich]] (1928–29) and attended [[Cornell University]] (1929–30), before completing his graduate studies at [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (1932) where he obtained a [[Ph.D.]] on the thesis ''Characteristics of Vacuum Tube Circuits Having Distributed Constants at Ultra-Radio Frequencies'' advised by [[Edward Bennett (physicist)|Edward Bennett]]<ref name="mathgenealogy">{{MathGenealogy|64567}}</ref> and subsequently was a research assistant (1932–34). | Born in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]], he moved to [[Rochester, New York]], where his father worked as a professor of [[German language|German]]. He earned an [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] (1927) and [[Master of Science|S.M.]] (1929) degree in [[physics]] from the [[University of Rochester]]. He was an exchange student at the [[University of Munich]] (1928–29) and attended [[Cornell University]] (1929–30), before completing his graduate studies at [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (1932) where he obtained a [[Ph.D.]] on the thesis ''Characteristics of Vacuum Tube Circuits Having Distributed Constants at Ultra-Radio Frequencies'' advised by [[Edward Bennett (physicist)|Edward Bennett]]<ref name="mathgenealogy">{{MathGenealogy|64567}}</ref> and subsequently was a research assistant (1932–34). |
| King was an instructor and assistant professor in physics at [[Lafayette College]] (1934–37), and a [[Guggenheim Fellow]] overseas (1937, 1958). He joined [[Harvard University]] as an instructor (1938), as assistant professor (1939), associate (1942), and as Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics (1946–72, taken over by his former student [[Tai Tsun Wu]]), and professor emeritus (1972).<ref>[http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/04.20/13-kingobit.html Ronold King, 100, was mentor to scores of doctoral students] obituary from [[Harvard University]]</ref> He resided at [[Winchester, Massachusetts]], and wrote the autobiography ''A Man of the 20th Century''. | King was an instructor and assistant professor in physics at [[Lafayette College]] (1934–37), and a [[Guggenheim Fellow]] overseas (1937, 1958). He joined [[Harvard University]] as an instructor (1938), as assistant professor (1939), associate (1942), and as Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics (1946–72, taken over by his former student [[Tai Tsun Wu]]), and professor emeritus (1972).<ref>[http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/04.20/13-kingobit.html Ronold King, 100, was mentor to scores of doctoral students] obituary from [[Harvard University]]</ref> He resided at [[Winchester, Massachusetts]], and wrote the autobiography ''A Man of the 20th Century''.<ref>[http://www.ieeeaps.org/images/pdfs/RWP_King-Memoirs.pdf] Book available at [[IEEE]]</ref> |
| His research group at Harvard spent the 1940s and 1950s developing the theory of [[antenna (radio)]], using the cylindrical antenna as a boundary value problem subject to [[Maxwell's equations]]. Also, scattering and diffraction of electromagnetic waves from spheres, cylinders, strips, and disks, conducted within earth, under water or in tissue.<ref>E. Courses, [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7598/20720/00959751.pdf Sixty Years at Harvard: The Career of Professor Ronold W. P. King], from IEEE (2001)</ref> King is responsible for the [[inverted-F antenna]], the most widely used antenna in mobile phones. However, he did not develop this antenna for that purpose. Rather the intended use was missile [[telemetry]].<ref>Petosa, Aldo, ''Frequency-Agile Antennas for Wireless Communications'', pp. 62, 84, Artech House, 2013 {{ISBN|1608077691}}.</ref> | His research group at Harvard spent the 1940s and 1950s developing the theory of [[antenna (radio)]], using the cylindrical antenna as a boundary value problem subject to [[Maxwell's equations]]. Also, scattering and diffraction of electromagnetic waves from spheres, cylinders, strips, and disks, conducted within earth, under water or in tissue.<ref>E. Courses, [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7598/20720/00959751.pdf Sixty Years at Harvard: The Career of Professor Ronold W. P. King], from IEEE (2001)</ref> King is responsible for the [[inverted-F antenna]], the most widely used antenna in mobile phones. However, he did not develop this antenna for that purpose. Rather the intended use was missile [[telemetry]].<ref>Petosa, Aldo, ''Frequency-Agile Antennas for Wireless Communications'', pp. 62, 84, Artech House, 2013 {{ISBN|1608077691}}.</ref> |
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