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Søren Hjorth

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Danish engineer (1801-1870)

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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.

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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1801 to 1870 · aged 68
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