Sir Ambrose Fleming

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:award gptkb:Albert_Medal
gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1849-11-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lancaster,_England
gptkbp:category gptkb:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society
British inventors
British electrical engineers
British physicists
gptkbp:deathDate 1945-04-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Sidmouth,_Devon,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_College_London
gptkb:Royal_College_of_Science
gptkbp:field electrical engineering
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Ambrose Fleming
gptkbp:influenced electronics
development of radio
gptkbp:knighted 1929
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fleming_valve
inventing the vacuum tube (thermionic valve)
rectifier
gptkbp:lecturedAt gptkb:Cambridge_University
gptkb:University_College_London
gptkb:University_of_Nottingham
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Bernard_Lovell
gptkb:Harold_Barlow
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:James_Fleming
gptkb:Mary_Ann_Wilson
gptkbp:patent thermionic valve
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Sidmouth,_Devon,_England
gptkbp:signature Ambrose Fleming signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Clara_Ripley
gptkb:Olga_Fröhlich
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Principles_of_Electric_Wave_Telegraphy_and_Telephony
gptkb:The_Propagation_of_Electric_Currents_in_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Conductors
gptkb:Waves_and_Ripples_in_Water,_Air,_and_Aether
gptkb:Fifty_Years_of_Electricity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3