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H. J. Round

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British inventor (1881-1966)

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Captain Henry Joseph Round was an English engineer and one of the early pioneers of radio. He was the first to report the observation of electroluminescence from a solid state diode, leading to the discovery of the light-emitting diode. He was a personal assistant to Guglielmo Marconi.

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Recreation of the 1907 experiment by H. J. Round on the observation of electroluminescence from a point contact with a carborundum (silicon carbide) crystalRecreation of the 1907 experiment by H. J. Round on the observation of electroluminescence from a point contact with a carborundum (silicon carbide) crystal

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Military Cross

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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1966 · aged 85
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