People in Energy
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Acheson, Edward Goodrich (1856-1931)
Edward G. Acheson was raised in the coal fields of southwestern Pennsylvania. He left school at the age of 16 to help support his family... -
Adair, Paul N. "Red" (1915-2004)
Adair, Paul N. "Red" was an American firefighter who became famous for an uncanny ability to control spectacular oil well blowouts and fires. Adair... -
Adams, William Grylls (1836-1915)
Adams, William Grylls, (1836-1915) was an English professor of Natural Philosophy at King’s College, London. He discovered that a solid material known as selenium... -
Adelman, Morris Albert (1917)
Morris Albert Adelman is an American energy economist noted for his founding work in the development of the economics of oil supply and the world... -
Ader, Clément (1841-1926)
Ader, Clément, a French engineer, is noted for his pioneering work in aviation. He originally studied electrical engineering, which led him to improve Alexander... -
Aepinus, Franz Maria Ulrich Theodosius (1724-1802)
Franz Aepinus was a pioneer in the application of mathematics and physics, he is most remembered for his treatise Tentamen Theoriae Electricitatis et Magnetismi (An Attempt at... -
Alfvén, Hannes (1908-1995)
a Swedish Physicist known for his path breaking work in magnetohydrodynamics and its applications in plasma physics. Most of his work was done at... -
Ampère, André Marie (1775-1836)
a self-educated French physicists and mathematician as well as a key figure in the development of the fields of electricity and magnetism. Ampère is known... -
Angström, Anders Jöns (1814-1874)
a Swedish physicist particularly noted for his study of light, especially spectrum analysis. In 1853, Ångström demonstrated that the electric spark yields two superposed... -
Archimedes, Domenico-Fetti (287 -212 )
born in Syracuse, Sicily, Archimedes is regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians and scientists of antiquity and one of the three greatest mathematicians of... -
Argand, Aimé (1755-1803)
a Swiss physicist and chemist famous for designing a vastly improved version of the oil lamp. Patented in 1784 in England, this lamp was the... -
Aristotle of Stagira (384B-322B)
Aristotle of Stagira wrote De Motu Animalium (On the Movement of Animals) in which he geometrically analyzed and described the muscles of animals, this... -
Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732-1792)
Sir Richard Arkwrightwas an Englishman who is credited for inventing the spinning frame — later renamed the water frame following the transition to
Armstrong, Edwin Howard (1890-1954)
Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American electrical engineer and inventor the regenerative circuit, the superheterodyne circuit and the complete Frequency Modulation( FM) system, all of...
Arps, J. J.
J.J. Arps, American geologist who first formalized in mathematical terms the rate at which oil production from a single well declines over time (1945). He...
Arrhenius, Svante August (1859-1927)
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish chemist noted for his electrolytic theory of dissociation as well as his early description of the greenhouse effect in...
Aston, Francis William (1877-1945)
a British physicist, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1922 for his development of the mass spectrograph, a device that separates atoms or molecular...
Atanasoff, John Vincent (1903-1995)
John Vincent Atanasoff was American designer who developed the first electronic computer in 1939, he incorporated innovations in computing including the use of binary arithmetic...
Avogadro, Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo (1776-1856)
Lorenzo Avogadro was an Italian scientist who made fundamental contributions to early atomic theory. In 1811, Avogadro stated that “equal volumes of all gases...
Ayres, Robert U.
Ayres, Robert U., an American physicist, is noted for his description of the role of thermodynamics in the economic process; he is a known critic...
Babbage, Charles (1791-1871)
Charles Babbage (1791-1871), a British scientist who introduced the concepts behind the present-day computer. In the 1820s, Babbage designed Calculating Engines and table-making Difference Engines;...
Babcock, George (1832-1893)
an American inventor and mechanic who, along with Stephen Wilcox, invented an improved water tube steamboiler in 1867, which provided a much safer and more...
Bacon, Francis Thomas (1904-1992)
Francis Thomas Bacon was a British engineer who developed the first practical hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells. Building on the work of Sir William Grove, who discovered...
Baekeland, Leo Hendrik (1863-1944)
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863–1944) invented Bakelite in 1907, he was also involved in other chemical technological ventures at the turn of the 20th century. While working...
