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Ernst Alexanderson

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Swedish American electrical engineer (1878-1975)

United StatesScientistsLived 1878 to 1975 · aged 97
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Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and inventor who was a pioneer in radio development. He invented the Alexanderson alternator, an early radio transmitter used between 1906 and the 1930s for longwave long distance radio transmission.

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1983National Inventors Hall of Fame
1944Edison Medal
1944Cedergren Medal
1919IEEE Medal of Honor
honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology

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Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer and inventor who was a pioneer in radio development. He invented the Alexanderson alternator, an early radio transmitter used between 1906 and the 1930s for longwave long distance radio transmission. Alexanderson also created the amplidyne, a direct current amplifier used during the Second World War for controlling anti-aircraft guns.

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1878 to 1975 · aged 97
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