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Peder Oluf Pedersen

Peder Pedersen

Danish engineer and physicist (1874–1941).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Physicist
Engineer

Date of Birth

6/19/1874

Date of Death

8/30/1941

Instance Of

Human

Given Name

Peder
Series Ordinal
:1
Oluf
Series Ordinal
:2

Member Of

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
(1924 - 1941)
Start Time
: 1924
End Time
: 1941
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
(1927 - 1941)
Start Time
: 1927
End Time
: 1941
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
(1917 - 1941)
Start Time
: 1917
End Time
: 1941

Country of Citizenship

Kingdom of Denmark

Award Received

IEEE Medal of Honor
(1930)
Point in Time
: 1930
H. C. Ørsted Medal
(1928)
Point in Time
: 1928
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Copenhagen
(1929)
Point in Time
: 1929
Medal of Merit in Gold
(1913)
Point in Time
: 1913
Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
(1919)
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Award Subsidiary in Rank to Later Award
Point in Time
: 1919
Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
(1922)
Point in Time
: 1922
Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
(1929)
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Award Subsidiary in Rank to Later Award
Point in Time
: 1929
Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog
(1936)
Point in Time
: 1936

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics
(1916)
Point in Time
: 1916
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1917)
Point in Time
: 1917
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1918)
Point in Time
: 1918
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1919)
Point in Time
: 1919
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1920)
Point in Time
: 1920
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1921)
Point in Time
: 1921
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1922)
Point in Time
: 1922
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1923)
Point in Time
: 1923

Place of Death

Copenhagen

Family Name

Pedersen

Educated At

Technical University of Denmark

Position Held

Rector
(2/1/1922 - 10/31/1941)
Replaces
:
H.I. Hannover
Replaced By
:
Anker Engelund
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Technical University of Denmark
Start Time
: 2/1/1922
End Time
: 10/31/1941
President
(1937 - 1941)
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Akademiet for De Tekniske Videnskaber
Start Time
: 1937
End Time
: 1941

Residence

Denmark

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Danish

Place of Birth

Sig

Place of Burial

Vestre Cemetery

Child

Gunnar Pedersen
Kai Oluf Pedersen

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