Anders Henrik Bull | |
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Born | 25 January 1875
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | 29 July 1956 |
Parent |
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Relatives |
Fredrik 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.
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]
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.
Anders Henrik Bull was the brother of Fredrik Rosing Bull, and a half-brother of Jens Bull and Johan Bull.