Nils Gustaf Dalén

Nils Gustaf Dalén, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1869-11-30 in Stenstorp, Sweden

Gender: male

Field: Swedish engineer and inventor (1869–1937)

Biography

Nils Gustaf Dalén was a Swedish engineer and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys".

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1912

Awarded on: 1912-11-12

"for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys"

Affiliations:

  • Swedish Gas-Accumulator Co.Lidingö, Stockholm, Sweden