John Ambrose Fleming

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electrical engineer human inventor physicist

John Ambrose Fleming was a British electrical engineer and physicist best known for inventing the vacuum tube diode, which laid the foundation for modern electronics and radio technology.

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instanceOf electrical engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
countryOfBirth England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1849-11-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1945-04-18 ⓘ
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
University College London ⓘ
employer Marconi Company ⓘ
University College London ⓘ
familyName Fleming ⓘ
fieldOfWork electrical engineering ⓘ
physics ⓘ
radio technology ⓘ
fullName John Ambrose Fleming self-link ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificSuffix FRS ⓘ
influenced development of modern electronics ⓘ
development of radio broadcasting ⓘ
influencedBy James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
Oliver Heaviside ⓘ
invention Fleming valve ⓘ
inventionYear 1904 ⓘ
knownFor Fleming valve ⓘ
Fleming’s left-hand rule ⓘ
Fleming’s right-hand rule ⓘ
contributions to radio communication ⓘ
invention of the vacuum tube diode ⓘ
pioneering work in thermionic valves ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
middleName Ambrose ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableInvention thermionic valve ⓘ
vacuum tube diode ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lancaster ⓘ
placeOfDeath Sidmouth ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Electrical Engineering at University College London ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Evangelicalism ⓘ
title Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
workedOn power engineering ⓘ
radio telegraphy ⓘ

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