Nick

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Nick is the given name of Nick Holonyak Jr., the American engineer and inventor widely known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human →
academicDegree	PhD in electrical engineering →
awardReceived	Global Energy Prize → IEEE Medal of Honor → Japan Prize → National Medal of Technology and Innovation →
citizenshipStatus	natural-born citizen of the United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1928-11-03 →
dateOfDeath	2022-09-18 →
developed	first practical visible red LED →
doctoralAdvisor	John Bardeen →
educatedAt	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
employer	General Electric → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
ethnicGroup	Ukrainian American →
familyName	Holonyak →
fieldOfWork	electrical engineering → optoelectronics → semiconductor devices →
genre	scientific publication →
givenName	Nick →
hasAcademicRank	professor →
hasPatentOn	semiconductor light-emitting devices →
influenced	development of modern LED lighting →
influencedBy	John Bardeen →
knownAs	Nick Holonyak →
memberOf	National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableFor	creating the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode →
notableStudent	Russell Dupuis →
notableWork	development of III-V semiconductor LEDs →
occupation	engineer → inventor →
placeOfBirth	Zeigler, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Urbana, Illinois, United States →
researchInterest	heterostructure devices → semiconductor lasers →
residence	Illinois, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
workInstitution	Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
workLocation	Urbana, Illinois, United States →
yearOfInvention	1962 →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nick Holonyak Jr. → Nick Holonyak Jr. →	givenName
Nicholas →	hasVariantForm