# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordon-kidd-teal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:32:31.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gordon-kidd-teal"
name: "Gordon Kidd Teal"
slug: "gordon-kidd-teal"
description: "Gordon Kidd Teal was an American engineer. He invented a method of applying the Czochralski method to produce extremely pure germanium single crystals used in making greatly improved transistors. He, together with Morgan Sparks, invented a modification of the process that produced the configuration necessary for the fabrication of bipolar junction transistors. He is most remembered for developing the first silicon transistor while at Texas Instruments."
tagline: "American inventor (1907–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bell_telephone_magazine_(1922)_(14753848794).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1907-01-10"
deathDate: "2003-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.17391304347826
  historical:           5.879770666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump