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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Alexanderson has received more than 100,745 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ernst Alexanderson is the 315th most popular inventor (down from 256th in 2019), the 691st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 419th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 315 out of 426. Before him are Ken Olsen, Jack Northrop, Wilson Greatbatch, Joseph Engelberger, Roland Moreno, and Peter Carl Goldmark. After him are Walter Bruch, Heinrich Gerber, Thomas Wedgwood, Victor Hasselblad, Kálmán Kandó, and Tabitha Babbitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 179. Before him are José Berraondo, Margaret Abbott, Konrad Mägi, Anton Heida, John Cregan, and The Great Gama. After him are František Janda-Suk, Nikolai Avksentiev, Edward Thomas, Henry B. Walthall, Ion Dragoumis, and Joel Stebbins. Among people deceased in 1975, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 177. Before him are Maurice Feltin, Paul Verhoeven, Heinz Müller, Nicolas Rossolimo, Antonín Vodička, and Fritz Wotruba. After him are Bas Jan Ader, Max Gluckman, Piero Dusio, Syed Nazrul Islam, Rod Serling, and Valeri Popenchenko.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 691 out of 1,879. Before him are Anders Rydberg (1903), Conny Andersson (1939), Ingvar Rydell (1922), Gunder Bengtsson (1946), Nils Rosén (1902), and Erik Malmberg (1897). After him are Gerard De Geer (1858), Birgit Cullberg (1908), Klas Ingesson (1968), Ulrika Pasch (1735), Sven Landberg (1888), and Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland (1852).

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Among INVENTORS In Sweden

Among inventors born in Sweden, Ernst Alexanderson ranks 6. Before him are John Ericsson (1803), Gideon Sundback (1880), Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), Sven Gustaf Wingqvist (1876), and Nils Bohlin (1920). After him are Victor Hasselblad (1906), and Simone Giertz (1990).

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