Ernst alex anderson biography

Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson(January 25, 1878 – May 14, 1975) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer.

Ernst Frederik Werner Alexanderson was a Swedish-born American electrical engineer and television pioneer who developed a high-frequency alternator (a device that converts direct current into alternating current) capable of producing continuous radio waves and thereby revolutionized radio communication.

He produced inventions in such fields as railway electrification, motors and power transmissions, telephone relays, and electric ship propulsion, in addition to his pioneer work in radio and television. Ernst Fredrik Werner Alexanderson was born on January 25, 1878, in Uppsala, Sweden, son of a judge and professor of Greek.

Developing an early interest in electrical engineering, he attended the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and graduated in engineering in 1900.

He spent a year taking advanced studies in electrical