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Published as SubjectGustav Dalén
Dates
November 30, 1869 – December 9, 1937
Authorized Form of Name
Dalén, Gustav (Nils Gustav), 1869-1937
Additional Forms of Names
Dalén, Gustaf
Dalén, Nils Gustav, 1869-1937
Biography
Abstract
Nils Gustaf Galén was an applied mechanical engineer at Swedish Gas-Accumulator Co., Lidingö-Stockholm, Sweden. He studied at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He was awarded the 1912 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys."
Important Dates
November 30, 1869Birth, Stenstorp (Skaraborgs län, Sweden).
1896Studied for a year at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich), Stockholm (Sweden).
1896Obtained Doctorate degree in engineering, Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers tekniska högskola. Institutionen för teknisk fysik), Göteborg (Sweden).
1901 – 1906Technical Chief, Svenska Karbid- och Acetylen A.B. (Swedish Carbide and Acetylene, Ltd.), Stockholm (Sweden).
1906 – 1937Chief Engineer (1906-1909) and Managing Director (1909-1937), Gas Accumulator Company (AGA AB), Stockholm (Sweden).
1912Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys".
1913Member, Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien (Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences).
1918Obtained honorate doctorate, Lunds universitet (Lund University).
1919Member, Academy of Science and Engineering.
December 09, 1937Death, Stockholm (Sweden).
Occupation
Mechanist and applied mechanics engineer.
Places
Birth
Stenstorp (Skaraborgs län, Sweden)
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Dalen, Elma Persson
Wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
Stodola, Aurel, 1859-1942
PhD advisor at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich).
Institutions
Major Positions
AGA AB Innovation
Chief Engineer and Managing Director.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Chalmers tekniska högskola. Institutionen för teknisk fysik
Obtained Doctorate degree in engineering (1896).
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Studied for a year under Aurel Stodola.
Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien
Member.
Lunds universitet
Awarded honorary doctorate.