Waldemar Jungner
Ernst Waldemar Jungner (June 19, 1869- August 30, 1924) was a Swedish inventor and engineer. In 1899 he invented the nickel-iron electric storage battery and invented the nickel-cadmium battery.[1]
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Early life [edit]
Ernst Waldemar Jungner was born in 1869 in Västra Götaland County, Sweden.[1] His parents were ministers, and his father died when Waldemar was 13 years old. In 1869, the year he was born, failed harvests caused famine throughout Sweden, which affected Jungner's health. He also contracted measles and scarlet fever.[2]
Education [edit]
He attended Skara upper secondary school, and studied chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, botany, geology and Latin at Uppsala University. He went on to carry out further studies at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.[1]
Later life [edit]
Jungner joined the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1922 and in 1924 he received the Swedish Chemical Society´s Oscar Carlson Medal.[1] Jungner died in 1924 of pneumonia at the age of 55.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d Bard, Allen J (2012). Electrochemical Dictionary. Springer. pp. 523–524. ISBN 9783642295508.
- ^ "Waldemar Jungner". Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- Hansson, Sven A.: Waldemar Jungner and Jungnerackumulatorn, 1963, sid. [77]-92 : ill.. [77] -92: ill. 0070-2528. ISSN 0070-2528 . Libris 10642464 . 0070-2528. ISSN 0070-2528 . Libris 10,642,464 .
