Ányos István Jedlik (1800 - 1895)

Born 11 Jan 1800 in Szimő, Kingdom of Hungary (today Zemné, Slovakia)

Died 13 Dec 1895 at age 95 in Győr, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary

Biography

Ányos Jedlik is Notable.

Ányos István Jedlik was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Benedictine priest. He was also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He is considered by Hungarians and Slovaks to be the unsung father of the dynamo and electric motor.

He took Benedictine monastic vows in April 1821. After his retirement from university life, he "spent his last years in complete seclusion at the priory in Győr, where he died." (Note: The priory referred to is probably Benedictine monastery near the Benedictine Church of St Ignatius of Loyola on Szechenyi Square in the Old Town of Gyor.)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81nyos_Jedlik
• Mayer, Farkas (1995). Jedlink Ányos (1800–1895) Családfája ("Family tree") (PDF) (in Hungarian). Magyar Tudománytörténeti Intézet munkatársai (Hungarian Institute of the History of Science, Árpád Király chief ed.) (http://mek.niif.hu/05200/05230/pdf/Jedlik_csaladfa.pdf : accessed 23 Feb 2019)
• Štefan Anián Jedlík, Monoskop (https://monoskop.org/%C5%A0tefan_Ani%C3%A1n_Jedl%C3%ADk : accessed 23 Feb 2019)