John Ambrose Fleming
English electrical engineer and physicist (1849-1945) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 95
Sir John Ambrose Fleming was a British electrical engineer and physicist. He is known for inventing the vacuum tube radio transmitter - with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made - and establishing the right-hand rule used in physics.
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1945Died18 April 19451935Franklin MedalAward1933IEEE Medal of HonorAward1930Dennis Gabor Medal and PrizeAward1928Faraday MedalAward1921Albert MedalAward1910Hughes MedalAward1849Born29 November 1849
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United Kingdom
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Lived 1849 to 1945 · aged 95
