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John Ambrose Fleming

1849 - 1945

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Sir John Ambrose Fleming (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) was an English electrical engineer who invented the vacuum tube, designed the radio transmitter with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made, and also established the right-hand rule used in physics. He was born in Lancaster, Lancashire and was baptised on 11 February 1850, the eldest of seven children of James Fleming DD (died 1879), a Congregational minister, and his wife Mary Ann. A devout Christian, he once preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London on evidence for the resurrection. In 1932, he and Douglas Dewar and Bernard Acworth helped establish the Evolution Protest Movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ambrose Fleming is the 56th most popular engineer (down from 48th in 2019), the 1,106th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 799th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Engineer.

John Ambrose Fleming was most famous for inventing the thermionic valve, a vacuum tube that is used in radios and other devices to amplify signals.

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Among engineers, John Ambrose Fleming ranks 56 out of 389. Before him are Bjarne Stroustrup, Marcello Gandini, Ernst Heinkel, Godfrey Hounsfield, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong. After him are Kurt Gerstein, Valentin Glushko, Su Song, Masaru Ibuka, Colin Chapman, and Henry Gantt.

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Among people born in 1849, John Ambrose Fleming ranks 22. Before him are Michael Ancher, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Alexander Kielland, Nogi Maresuke, and Eva Gonzalès. After him are Max Nordau, Ellen Key, Armand Peugeot, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, and Basil Zaharoff. Among people deceased in 1945, John Ambrose Fleming ranks 89. Before him are Franz Ziereis, Plutarco Elías Calles, Hans Oster, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Mitsuru Ushijima, and Rudolf von Sebottendorf. After him are Kurt Gerstein, Charles Fabry, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Josef Čapek, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, and Fritz Klein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ambrose Fleming ranks 1,106 out of 8,785. Before him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), H. L. A. Hart (1907), Mel B (1975), Diana Mosley (1910), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), and Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765). After him are Kiefer Sutherland (1966), Harold Bride (1890), Bernard Cribbins (1928), Bruno (null), Keith Emerson (1944), and Eric Burdon (1941).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, John Ambrose Fleming ranks 6. Before him are William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Hertha Ayrton (1854), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810). After him are Colin Chapman (1928), Charles George Gordon (1833), Adrian Newey (1958), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), and Patrick Head (1946).

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