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Anders Henrik Bull

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Anders Henrik Bull
Born25 January 1875
Died29 July 1956
FatherOle Bornemann Bull
RelativesFredrik Rosing Bull (brother)
Jens Bull (half-brother)
Johan Bull (half-brother)

Anders Henrik Bull (25 January 1875 – 29 July 1956) was an American-born Norwegian electrical engineer.

Early life and education

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Bull was born in Minneapolis as the son of ophthalmologist Ole Bornemann Bull (1842–1916) and his first wife Marie Cathrine Lund (1843–1884).[1] The family moved to Norway in 1876.[2] He took his engineering education in Kristiania and Hanover.[1]

Career

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Bull returned to Norway from Hannover in 1901, and became noted in the engineering community for his pioneering work on wireless telegraphy. He also worked for Norsk Hydro, as a consultant to Kristian Birkeland, from 1906 to 1909, in that company's formative phase. He married Agnes Emilie Rosenkvist, née Lund, in November 1908. They later remigrated to the United States.[1]

He was awarded the Louis E. Levy Medal in 1943.

Personal life

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Anders Henrik Bull was the brother of Fredrik Rosing Bull, and a half-brother of Jens Bull and Johan Bull.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Brochmann, Georg (1925). "Bull, Anders Henrik". In Bull, Edvard; Krogvig, Anders; Gran, Gerhard (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 2 (1 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 374.
  2. ^ Gade, F. G. "Bull, Ole Bornemann". In Bull, Edvard; Krogvig, Anders; Gran, Gerhard (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 419–420.