John Hopkinson

John Hopkinson, FRS, was a British physicist, electrical engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the IEE twice in 1890 and 1896. He invented the three-wire (three-phase) system for the distribution of electrical power, for which he was granted a patent in 1882.

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Who was born first?

• John Hopkinson and Jérôme Eugène Coggia were born the same year
• John Hopkinson and Johan Kjeldahl were born the same year
• John Hopkinson and Horace Lamb were born the same year
• John Hopkinson and Ivan Pavlov were born the same year
• John Hopkinson and Ferdinand Georg Frobenius were born the same year

Timeline

1. Ferdinand Georg FrobeniusOctober 26, 1849 – August 3, 1917
2. Horace LambNovember 29, 1849 – December 4, 1934
3. Ivan PavlovSeptember 26, 1849 – February 27, 1936
4. Jérôme Eugène CoggiaFebruary 18, 1849 – January 15, 1919
5. Johan KjeldahlAugust 16, 1849 – July 18, 1900
6. John Hopkinson (this page)July 27, 1849 – August 27, 1898

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