Ányos Jedlik
Ányos István Jedlik | |
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Portrait by Károly Rusz, 1866 | |
| Born | Jedlik Ányos István 11 January 1800 |
| Died | 13 December 1895 (aged 95) |
| Citizenship | Hungarian |
| Known for | Electric motor, dynamo, self-excitation, impulse generator, Cascade connection |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Inventor, engineer, physicist |
Ányos István Jedlik (1800 – 1895) was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Benedictine priest. He was also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He is considered by Hungarians and Slovaks to be the unsung father of the dynamo and electric motor.