Professor Walter E. Spear 1848-2007

Professor Walter E. Spear

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Walter E. Spear was born in Germany in 1921 and came to Britain just before the war. After studying at the University of London he joined the University of Leicester, where he met Peter LeComber, one of his students and a future collaborator. The two joined the staff of the University of Dundee in 1969. The research of Spear and LeComber into amorphous silicon brought them much interest from the engineering world, and caught the attention of numerous companies and groups. The Dundee group made n...

Spear, W. E. (Walter E.), 1921-2008

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LeComber Peter

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University of Dundee

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The University of Dundee was established by Royal Charter on 1 August 1967. The creation of the University was due to increasing political pressures to admit more students to higher education. Under these pressures it became untenable for Queens College, Dundee to continue as it was, as a college of the University of St Andrews. The Robbins Committee Report of 1963 stated that full-time education should be open to all who were qualified. Local town planning regulations prevented sig...