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Walter H. Schottky
Physicist, Academic
1886 – 1976
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Who was Walter H. Schottky?
Walter Hermann Schottky was a German physicist who played a major early role in developing the theory of electron and ion emission phenomena, invented the screen-grid vacuum tube in 1915 and the pentode in 1919 while working at Siemens, co-invented the ribbon microphone and ribbon loudspeaker along with Dr. Gerwin Erlach in 1924 and later made many significant contributions in the areas of semiconductor devices, technical physics and technology.
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- Born
- Jul 23, 1886
Zürich - Also known as
- Walter Schottky
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Lived in
- Germany
- Died
- Mar 4, 1976
Pretzfeld
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on July 23, 2013
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