INVENTOR

Ernst Alexanderson

1878 - 1975

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Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson (Swedish: [ɛʂnt alɛkˈsandɛʂɔn]; January 25, 1878 – May 14, 1975) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Alexanderson is the 214th most popular inventor (up from 315th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 691st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 214 out of 426. Before him are James Dyson, Édouard Branly, Charles Xavier Thomas, Helmut Gröttrup, Lou Ottens, and Yuan Longping. After him are Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, David Schwarz, Narcís Monturiol, David Edward Hughes, Shigeo Shingo, and Jethro Tull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 104. Before him are Maxie Long, Stamen Grigorov, Michel Théato, Georgios Kondylis, Walter Heitz, and Egon Friedell. After him are Kurt Goldstein, Theodoros Pangalos, Jack Johnson, Otto Freundlich, Louis Marcoussis, and Katie Johnson. Among people deceased in 1975, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 97. Before him are Walker Evans, Achille Van Acker, Boris Blacher, Alvin Hansen, Richard Conte, and Richard Tucker. After him are Joseph Guillemot, Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Sven Rydell, Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Jacques Duclos, and Jan Mukařovský.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 393 out of 1,879. Before him are Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862), Art Spiegelman (1948), Prince August, Duke of Dalarna (1831), Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100), Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1753), and Anita Björk (1923). After him are Ivar Kreuger (1880), Mai Zetterling (1925), Noomi Rapace (1979), Monica Zetterlund (1937), Artur Lundkvist (1906), and Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1629).

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Among INVENTORS In Sweden

Among inventors born in Sweden, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 3. Before him are Gideon Sundback (1880), and John Ericsson (1803). After him are Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), Nils Bohlin (1920), Victor Hasselblad (1906), Sven Gustaf Wingqvist (1876), and Simone Giertz (1990).

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