| LC control no. | n 87106560 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fleming, J. A. (John Ambrose), Sir, 1849-1945 |
| Variant(s) | Fleming, Dzh. (Dzhon), 1849-1945 Fleming, John Ambrose, Sir, 1849-1945 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 18491129 |
| Death date | 19450418 |
| Profession or occupation | Electrical engineers College teachers |
| Found in | LCCN 04-529: His Waves and ripples in water, 1902 (hdg.: Fleming, Sir, John Ambrose, 1849-1945; usage: J.A. Fleming) His Volny v vode, vozdukhe i eĢfire, 1937: t.p. (Dzh. Fleming) The wireless telegraphist's pocket book of notes, formulae, and calculations, 1915: t.p. (J.A. Fleming, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., M.Inst.E.E., etc., etc., university professor of electrical engineering in the University of London, past vice-president of the Institution of Elecrical Engineers and of the Physical Society of London, author of "The principles of electric wave telegraphy and telephony," "A manual of radiotelegraphy," "The wonders of wireless telegraphy," "Cantor lectures on Hertzian wave telegraphy," etc., etc.) Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 1 Oct, 2014 (Fleming, Sir (John) Ambrose, electrical engineer and university teacher; b. Lancaster, 29 November, 1849; on 16 November 1904 Fleming patented (no. 24,850) the thermionic valve as a device to facilitate measurements of the strength of wireless signals; knighted in 1929; d. Sidmouth, Devon,18 April, 1945) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33170?docPos=1> |
| Associated language | eng |
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