# Søren Hjorth

> Søren Hjorth was a Danish railway pioneer and inventor. Before Werner von Siemens, he discovered the dynamo-electric principle in 1854 and received the first patent for a self-excited dynamo.

*Danish engineer (1801–1870)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1801-10-13
- **Died:** 1870-08-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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