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John Ambrose Fleming
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English electrical engineer and physicist (1849-1945)
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John Ambrose Fleming was a British inventor, physicist, university teacher, and electrical engineer. Born in Lancaster in 1849, he was educated at University College London and St John's College. He studied under Charles Darwin and James Clerk Maxwell, and his doctoral advisor was Frederick Guthrie. Fleming worked as an employee of University College London and the University of Nottingham. His professional fields included electrical engineering, diodes, valve amplifiers, and electric power converters.
Fleming was a member of the Royal Society and received the Hughes Medal, the Faraday Medal, and the IEEE Medal of Honor. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics. He died in Sidmouth in 1945. His work is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and he is recognized in the Royal Society collection.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1849-11-29 ) 29 November 1849, Lancaster , England
- Died
- 18 April 1945 (1945-04-18) (aged 95), Sidmouth , England, UK
- Education
- University College School
- Alma mater
- University of London ( BSc , DSc ) Royal College of Science St John's College, Cambridge ( BA )
- Known for
- Fleming valve Fleming's left-hand rule Fleming's right-hand rule
- Spouses
- Clara Pratt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1887 ; died 1917 ) Olive May Franks ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1928 )
- Relatives
- Ellen Ranyard (maternal aunt) Edward White (maternal uncle)
- Awards
- Hughes Medal (1910) Albert Medal (1921) Faraday Medal (1928) Duddell Medal and Prize (1930) IRE Medal of Honor (1933) Franklin Medal (1935)
- Fields
- Electrical engineering physics
- Institutions
- University College London (1885–1926)
- Academic advisors
- Edward Frankland James Clerk Maxwell
- Notable students
- Harold Barlow Balthasar van der Pol
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Fleming
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Lancaster
- Place of death
- Sidmouth
- Occupation
- scientist
- Employer
- University of Nottingham
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Noble title
- Knight Bachelor
- Doctoral advisor
- Frederick Guthrie
- Student of
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png
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- John Ambrose Fleming
- member of
- Royal Society
- date of birth
- 1849-00-00
- date of death
- 1945-01-01
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- John Ambrose Fleming
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- medical condition
- hearing loss
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir John Ambrose Fleming (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) 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.
Biography
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