Herbert Mataré
German physicist
Died when: 98 years 345 days (1187 months)Star Sign: Libra
Herbert Franz Mataré (22 September 1912 – 2 September 2011) was a German physicist.The focus of his research was the field of semiconductor research.
His best-known work is the first functional European transistor, which he developed and patented together with Heinrich Welker in the vicinity of Paris in 1948, independent from the Bell Labs engineers who had developed the first transistor shortly before.
The final 20 years of his life Mataré split time between his homes in Hückelhoven, Germany and Malibu, California.He was born in Aachen.
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