Willoughby Smith
✓ Source-basedfallingBritish engineer (1828-1891)
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Willoughby Smith was an English electrical engineer who discovered the photoconductivity of the element selenium. This discovery led to the invention of photoelectric cells, including those used in the earliest television systems.
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Lived 1828 to 1891 · aged 63
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