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Nationality
  
Danish

Residence
  
Denmark

Name
  
Peder Pedersen

Fields
  
Physicist

Role
  
Engineer

Awards
  
IEEE Medal of Honor

Spouse
  
Maria Lihme (m. 1899)


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Born
  
19 June 1874 Sig, Varde, Denmark (
1874-06-19
)

Institutions
  
College of Advanced Technology

Alma mater
  
College of Advanced Technology

Known for
  
Wire recording, the arc converter (both in collaboration with Valdemar Poulsen)

Notable awards
  
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters Gold Medal (1907) H. C. Orsted Medal (1928) IRE Medal of Honor (1930)

Children
  
Kai Oluf Pedersen (b. 1901) Gunnar Pedersen (b. 1905) Inger Margrethe Pedersen (b. 1909)

Died
  
August 30, 1941, Copenhagen, Denmark

Education
  
Technical University of Denmark

Peder Oluf Pedersen (19 June 1874 – 30 August 1941) was a Danish engineer and physicist. He is notable for his work on electrotechnology and his cooperation with Valdemar Poulsen on the developmental work on Wire recorders, which he called a telegraphone, and the arc converter known as the Poulsen Arc Transmitter.

Pedersen became a professor of telegraphy, telephony and radio in 1912. He became principal of the College of Advanced Technology (Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt) in 1922, a title he held until his death. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and was a member of the British Institution of Electrical Engineers. In 1915 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers.

References

Peder Oluf Pedersen Wikipedia