Peder Oluf Pedersen

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Peder Oluf Pedersen
Born(1874-06-19)19 June 1874
Sig, Varde, Denmark
Died30 August 1941(1941-08-30) (aged 67)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Alma materCollege of Advanced Technology
Known forWire recording, the arc converter (both in collaboration with Valdemar Poulsen)
Spouse(s)
Maria Theodora Lihme
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(m. 1899)​
(1871-1930)
Emma Clausen Gad (1902-1997)
ChildrenKai Oluf Pedersen (1901-1991) (scientist)
Ellen Margrethe Charlotte Pedersen (1903-1979) married to Børge Jessen (both mathematicians)
Gunnar Pedersen (1905-1997) Director General of The Postal and Telegraph Directorate
Inger Margrethe Pedersen, married name Krøncke (1909-1997) (author)
3 children with his second wife
AwardsRoyal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters Gold Medal (1907)
H. C. Ørsted Medal (1928)
IRE Medal of Honor (1930)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsCollege of Advanced Technology

Peder Oluf Pedersen (19 June 1874 – 30 August 1941) was a

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
.

Poulsen and Pedersen painted by Knud Larsen, 1915.

Pedersen became a professor of telegraphy, telephony and radio in 1912.[1] He became principal of the

Institute of Radio Engineers.[1]

The first expression for the

anisotropic.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Biography from the IEEE History Center retrieved 2011 Sept 28
  2. ^ Pedersen, Peder Oluf (1927). "The Propagation of Radio Waves along the Surface of the Earth and in the Atmosphere". Danmarks naturvidenskabelige Samfund. A (15a).
  3. ^ "Peder Oluf Pedersen". dtu.dk. DTU. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Person Record". tekhist.pastperfectonline. DTU Historie. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. ISSN 1827-6121
    . Retrieved 2023-07-16.


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