Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Scientist

Julius Edgar Lilienfeld (April 18, 1882 – August 28, 1963) was an Austro-Hungarian Physicist & Electronic Engineer. He was born to a Jewish family in Lemberg Austria-Hungary (now called Lviv in Ukraine) and moved to the United States in the early 1920s (he became an American citizen in 1934). Lilienfeld is credited with the first patents on the field-effect transistor (1925) and electrolytic capacitor (1931).

Personal facts

Birth date	April 18, 1882
Birth place	Austria-Hungary , Lviv
Citizenship	Austria-Hungary United States
Date of death	August 28, 1963
Residence	United States
Education	Humboldt University of Berlin
Known for	MOSFET Electrolytic capacitor