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Nick Holonyak

American physicist (1928–2022).

Born November 3rd, 1928 in Zeigler.

Died September 20th, 2022 at 93 years old in Urbana. [ref]

Occupations
electrical engineer, engineer, inventor, physicist, scientist, university teacher
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde