Peder Oluf Pedersen

Danish engineer and physicist (1874-1941) · Denmark · On the map · Scientists · Died at 67

Peder Oluf Pedersen was a Danish engineer and physicist. He is notable for his work on electrotechnology, his cooperation with Valdemar Poulsen on the developmental work on Wire recorders, which he called a telegraphone, the arc converter known as the Poulsen Arc Transmitter, and his work on electrical currents in the...

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1941Died30 August 19411936Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the DannebrogAward1930IEEE Medal of HonorAward1929Honorary Doctorate of the University of CopenhagenAward1928H. C. Ørsted MedalAward1922Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the DannebrogAward1913Medal of Merit in GoldAward1874Born19 June 1874

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Poulsen and Pedersen painted by Knud Larsen, 1915.

Awards

Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog1936

IEEE Medal of Honor1930

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Copenhagen1929

H. C. Ørsted Medal1928

Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog1922

Medal of Merit in Gold1913

About this person

He is notable for his work on electrotechnology, his cooperation with Valdemar Poulsen on the developmental work on Wire recorders, which he called a telegraphone, the arc converter known as the Poulsen Arc Transmitter, and his work on electrical currents in the ionosphere.

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Denmark

The same award as Peder

Christian MøllerBoth received H. C. Ørsted Medal

Bengt StrömgrenBoth received H. C. Ørsted Medal

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