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Karl Ferdinand Braun

1850 - 1918

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Karl Ferdinand Braun (; German: [ˈfɛʁdinant ˈbʁaʊ̯n] ; 6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor. Braun contributed significantly to the development of radio with his 2 circuit system, which made long range radio transmissions and modern telecommunications possible, and with his invention of the phased array antenna in 1905, which led to the development of radar, smart antennas, and MIMO. Before that, he built the first cathode-ray tube in 1897, which led to the development of television, and the first semiconductor device in 1874, which co-started the development of electronics and electronics engineering. Braun shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi "for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Ferdinand Braun is the 20th most popular inventor (up from 26th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Germany (up from 261st in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Inventor.

Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German physicist and inventor who is most famous for being the first person to invent the cathode-ray tube.

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Among inventors, Karl Ferdinand Braun ranks 20 out of 426. Before him are Nikolaus Otto, Louis Daguerre, Nicolas Appert, Rudolf Diesel, Cai Lun, and Nicéphore Niépce. After him are George Stephenson, Hans Lippershey, Eli Whitney, Lee de Forest, Bartolomeo Cristofori, and Werner von Siemens.

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Among people born in 1850, Karl Ferdinand Braun ranks 5. Before him are Jack the Ripper, Guy de Maupassant, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, and Robert Louis Stevenson. After him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Edward Smith, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Charles Richet. Among people deceased in 1918, Karl Ferdinand Braun ranks 14. Before him are Egon Schiele, Guillaume Apollinaire, Mehmed V, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Georg Cantor, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Manfred von Richthofen, Frederick Trump, Georg Simmel, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Roland Garros, and Louis Renault.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Ferdinand Braun ranks 177 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz von Papen (1879), Olaf Scholz (1958), George II of Great Britain (1683), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Max Ernst (1891), and Gerd von Rundstedt (1875). After him are Max von Laue (1879), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Charles the Fat (839), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), and Baron Munchausen (1720).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Karl Ferdinand Braun ranks 4. Before him are Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Karl Benz (1844), and Nikolaus Otto (1832). After him are Hans Lippershey (1570), Werner von Siemens (1816), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Karl Drais (1785), Konrad Zuse (1910), Adam Opel (1837), Emile Berliner (1851), and Joseph Pilates (1883).

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