What is David Bannett?
{{Infobox person | name = David Bannett | image = דוד רפאל בנעט.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Bannett in 2019 | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1921|10|29}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|1|26|1921|10|29|df=y}} | death_place = [[Kfar Haroeh]], Israel | nationality = Israeli, American | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[City College of New York]] | occupation = Electronics Engineer | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = }} '''David Rephael Bannett''' ({{lang-he|דוד רפאל בנעט}}; 29 October 1921 – 26 January 2022) was an American-Israeli engineer. He was known as the inventor of [[Shabbat elevator|Shabbat elevators]]. Bannett was the first lecturer of electronics in the Department of [[Physics]] at [[Bar Ilan University]] and the [[Jerusalem College of Technology]]. He is one of the founders of the [[Beit Hazon]] neighborhood in [[Kfar Haroeh]]. Bannett died in Beit Hazon on 26 January 2022, at the age of 100.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Bannett, inventor of Shabbat elevator, has passed away at 100 years of age|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/321241|access-date=27 January 2022 |publisher=INN |date=27 January 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bannett, David}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel]] [[Category:American inventors]] [[Category:Academics of Bar-Ilan University]] [[Category:Engineers from New York (state)]] [[Category:Israeli centenarians]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:Educators from New York City]] {{bio-stub}}