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John Ambrose Fleming plaque

Commemorative plaque
John Ambrose Fleming plaque
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This commemorative plaque records: Professor Sir John Ambrose Fleming 1849-1945 Inventor of the diode radio valve, pioneer in wireless telegraphy. He was a friend of this Observatory and lived in Sidmouth, 1926-1945

From the Open Plaques record 48737

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