Peter George Le Comber

Peter George LeComber (or Le Comber) FRS FRSE (19 February 1941 – 9 September 1992) was a British solid-state physicist and academic. With ten patents to his name, he is in part responsible for the development of items such as flat-screen televisions and solar power cells. He worked closely with Walter Eric Spear FRS in the development of Amorphous silicon and the creation of solar panels.

Life He was born in Ilford on 19 February 1941. he studied at South East Essex Technical College and then Leicester University, graduating BSc in 1962 and then undertaking a Ph.D. From 1965 to 1967, he conducted studies at Purdue University in Indiana, USA. In 1967 he returned to Leicester University as a lecturer in physics. In 1984 he was the recipient of the Duddell Medal. In 1984, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and in 1992, shortly before his death, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

He died of a heart attack on 9 September 1992, aged 51, whilst on a trip to Switzerland to celebrate his thirtieth wedding anniversary. As a close personal friend, Spear wrote his obituary. Spear's own research career was effectively ended by LeComber's sudden death.

Family He married Joy Smith around 1963.