John Ambrose Fleming

Sir John Ambrose Fleming was an English 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.

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Who was born first?

• John Ambrose Fleming and Charles Francis Brush were born the same year
• John Ambrose Fleming and Georg Luger were born the same year
• John Ambrose Fleming and Luther Burbank were born the same year
• John Ambrose Fleming and Bertha Benz were born the same year
• John Ambrose Fleming was born 1 year after Ferdinand Mannlicher

Timeline

1. Ferdinand MannlicherJanuary 30, 1848 – January 20, 1904
2. Bertha BenzMay 3, 1849 – May 5, 1944
3. Charles Francis BrushMarch 17, 1849 – June 15, 1929
4. Georg LugerMarch 6, 1849 – December 22, 1923
5. John Ambrose Fleming (this page)November 29, 1849 – April 18, 1945
6. Luther BurbankMarch 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926

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