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.

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz canonical 13
Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz 2
Steinmetz 1

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instanceOf electrical engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
person ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
awardReceived Elliott Cresson Medal ⓘ
Edison Medal ⓘ
surface form: IEEE Edison Medal
birthName Charles Proteus Steinmetz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich ⓘ
surface form: Polytechnic School of Zurich

University of Breslau ⓘ
employer General Electric ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Charles Proteus Steinmetz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Steinmetz
fieldOfWork alternating current ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ
electromagnetism ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
power engineering ⓘ
fullName Charles Proteus Steinmetz self-link ⓘ
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 Alternating Current Phenomena ⓘ
surface form: Theory and Calculation of Transient Electric Phenomena and Oscillations
placeOfBirth Wrocław ⓘ
surface form: Breslau

Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Prussian Silesia ⓘ
surface form: Province of Silesia
placeOfDeath Schenectady, New York ⓘ
politicalIdeology socialism ⓘ
positionHeld professor at Union College ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence Schenectady, New York ⓘ
workLocation Schenectady, New York ⓘ

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Edison Medal → hasRecipient → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
American Institute of Electrical Engineers → notableMember → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
Charles Proteus Steinmetz → fullName → Charles Proteus Steinmetz self-link ⓘ
Charles Proteus Steinmetz → birthName → Charles Proteus Steinmetz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz
Charles Proteus Steinmetz → familyName → Charles Proteus Steinmetz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Steinmetz
Steinmetz equivalent circuit → namedAfter → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
Steinmetz solid → namedAfter → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis → namedAfter → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
Proteus → refersTo → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
Proteus → birthName → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Proteus Steinmetz
this entity surface form: Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz
Karl → givenNameOf → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
Karl → hasNotableBearer → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award → namedAfter → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award → honours → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering → author → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ
Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering → relatedPerson → Charles Proteus Steinmetz ⓘ