Charles Proteus Steinmetz

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electrical engineer inventor mathematician person university professor

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician whose work on alternating current (AC) systems and electrical theory greatly advanced modern power engineering.

Aliases (2)

Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz ×2
Steinmetz ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electrical engineer → inventor → mathematician → person → university professor →
awardReceived	Elliott Cresson Medal → IEEE Edison Medal →
birthName	Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz →
burialPlace	Schenectady, New York →
causeOfDeath	myocardial infarction →
citizenship	German Empire → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Germany →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1865-04-09 →
dateOfDeath	1923-10-26 →
educatedAt	Polytechnic School of Zurich → University of Breslau →
employer	General Electric →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Steinmetz →
fieldOfWork	alternating current → electrical engineering → electromagnetism → mathematics → power engineering →
fullName	Charles Proteus Steinmetz →
givenName	Karl →
hasDisability	dwarfism → spinal deformity →
influenced	development of modern electric power distribution → standardization of AC power systems in the United States →
knownFor	Steinmetz equivalent circuit → Steinmetz solid → Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis → complex number methods in AC circuit analysis → development of alternating current (AC) power systems → theory of hysteresis in magnetic materials →
memberOf	American Institute of Electrical Engineers → American Mathematical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
nickname	Proteus →
notableStudent	Ernst J. Berg →
notableWork	Engineering Mathematics → Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena → Theory and Calculation of Transient Electric Phenomena and Oscillations →
placeOfBirth	Breslau → Kingdom of Prussia → Province of Silesia →
placeOfDeath	Schenectady, New York →
politicalIdeology	socialism →
positionHeld	professor at Union College →
religion	agnosticism →
residence	Schenectady, New York →
workLocation	Schenectady, New York →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Steinmetz equivalent circuit → Steinmetz solid → Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis →	namedAfter
Charles Proteus Steinmetz ("Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz") → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ("Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz") →	birthName
Charles Proteus Steinmetz ("Steinmetz") →	familyName
Charles Proteus Steinmetz →	fullName
Karl →	givenNameOf
Karl →	hasNotableBearer
Edison Medal →	hasRecipient
American Institute of Electrical Engineers →	notableMember
Proteus →	refersTo