Herbert Mataré, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herbert Mataré

German physicist

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1912

Place of Birth: Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Sep-2011

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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, at the same time and independently from the Bell Labs engineers.
The final 20 years of his life Mataré split time between his homes in Hückelhoven, Germany and Malibu, California.
Born in Aachen, he was the nephew of the sculptor Ewald Mataré (1887–1965) and father of architect Vitus Mataré (1955.)