South African electrical engineer and industrialist (1887–1948)
Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl
Born
(1887-11-23)23 November 1887
Pretoria
Died
2 December 1948(1948-12-02) (aged 61)
Johannesburg
Citizenship
South African
Alma mater
Leipzig University
Spouses
Florence Wagner
(m. 1915)
Ethel Buxton
(m. 1942)
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
Fields
Electrical engineering
Institutions
Western Electric Eskom ISCOR University of Pretoria
Thesis
The behaviour of ionized liquid dielectrics during the passage of electric currents (1912)
Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl FRS[1] (23 November 1887 – 2 December 1948) was a South African electrical engineer and industrialist and is regarded as one of the greatest South Africans for his contribution to the country's development.[2] He was the driving force behind the establishment of the South African electricity utility company Eskom and the South African Steel and Iron Corporation ISCOR.
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