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Gustaf Dalén

Physics

Nils Gustaf Dalen was a Swedish engineer and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 for his invention of automatic regulators for use with gas accumulators that lit lighthouses and buoys.

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Birth Year
1869 1
Death Date
1937-12-09 1
Death Year
1937 1
Death Place
Lidingö Parish, Sweden 1
Nationality
Sweden 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
Field (category)
Engineering 1
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1. Gustaf Dalén (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1937-12-09T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +1937-12-09T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Sweden
    Q34
  • P20 (place of death): Lidingö Parish, Sweden
    Q11057477
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