Karl Ferdinand Braun
German engineer and inventor
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German electrical engineer, inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Braun contributed significantly to the development of radio and television technology and built the first semiconductor. Wikipedia
Born: June 6, 1850, Fulda, Germany
Died: April 20, 1918 (age 67 years), Brooklyn, New York, NY
Education: Humboldt University of Berlin (1872) and Philipps-University Marburg
Nationality: German
Award: Nobel Prize in Physics (1909)
Partner: Amélie Bühler
Parents: Konrad Braun and Franziska Gohring Braun