John Hopkinson
John Hopkinson, FRS, was a British physicist, electrical engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the IEE twice in 1890 and 1896. He invented the three-wire (three-phase) system for the distribution of electrical power, for which he was granted a patent in 1882. He also worked in many areas of electromagnetism and electrostatics, and in 1890 was appointed professor of electrical engineering at King's College London, where he was also director of the Siemens Laboratory.
From *.wikipedia.org,
General Info
.
Male
Date of Birth
July 27th, 1849
Age
176
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
August 27th, 1898
Died Aged
49
Star Sign
Leo
Social Networks , Links
Interest
Loading Chart...
Lists