Electrical engineer. Born John Ambrose Fleming in a house named Greenfield in Lancaster. Best known for inventing the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube. He was also an accomplished photographer and watercolourist. He died at his home (also called Greenfield), in Manor Road, Sidmouth, Devon.
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Sir Ambrose Fleming
Sir Ambrose Fleming, 1849 - 1945, scientist and electrical engineer, lived he...
Artist. Much of his work is of river scenes in east London, documenting navy shipbuilding, and dock construction. We can't find a picture of him, so have used his painting of the launch of H.M.S. T...
Formed as the Islington Art Circle in 1941 by A. E. Hickman-Smith and on his death in 1965 run by George and Deborah Bunting until their deaths in 2000. Changed its name in 2002 to Islington Art S...
Born Tiverton, Devon Painter of miniatures, the picture is a self-portrait.
