Evgeny Paton

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Professor Evgeny Oscarovich Paton (5 March 1870 – 12 July 1953; Ukrainian: Євген Оскарович Патон, Yevhen Oskarovych Paton, Russian: Евгений Оскарович Патон, Yevgeniy Oskarovich Paton) was a Soviet Ukrainian engineer who established the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kiev. He was the father of Borys Paton.

Born in 1870 in Niece, France. Studied at the Dresden Technical University. Designed the structure of the train station in Dresden. After his return to the Soviet Union founded the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kiev. Made many inventions in the field of welding, with applications to the construction of tanks, steam boilers, and ships. At age 70, invented the method for welding pipe under a buffer chemical.

See the Russian, or the German pages for more.

[edit] External links

• Biography at the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute
• Biography at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukrainian language)

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