"2003-01-07Z"^^ . . . "Gordon Kidd Teal"@en . . . "American inventor" . . . "1907-01-10Z"^^ . "1907Z"^^ . . . . "2003Z"^^ . "Teal, Gordon Kidd"@en . "Gordon Kidd Teal (January 10, 1907 \u2013 January 7, 2003) invented a method of applying the Czochralski method to produce extremely pure germanium single crystals used in making greatly improved transistors. He, together with Morgan Sparks invented a modification of the process that produced the configuration necessary for the fabrication of bipolar junction transistors. He is most remembered for developing the first silicon transistor while at Texas Instruments."@en .