"1921Z"^^ . . "Spear, Walter Eric"@en . . "2008-02-21Z"^^ . . "German physicist" . . . "1921-01-20Z"^^ . . . "Walter Eric Spear"@en . "Walter Spear"@en . . "2008Z"^^ . "Walter Eric Spear FRSE PhD FRS FInstP (20 January 1921 \u2013 21 February 2008) was a German physicist noted for his pioneering work to help develop large area electronics and thin film displays. He was born in Frankfurt to a Jewish father and a Lutheran mother; by the time he finished his school examinations in 1938 life for Jews and people associated with Jews was becoming difficult, and the family moved to London."@en . . .