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Franjo Hanaman
1878-06-20 – 1941-01-23
Life & Legacy
Franjo Hanaman (June 30, 1878 – January 23, 1941) was a Croatian inventor, engineer, and chemist, who gained world recognition for inventing the world's first applied electric light-bulb with a metal filament (tungsten) with his assistant Alexander Just, independently of his contemporaries.
Franjo Hanaman was born in the village of Drenovci in Slavonia (at the time Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary) to a Croatian family as a second child of father Gjuro Hanaman and Emilija Mandušić.
Hanaman and Just were granted the Hungarian Patent #34541 on December 13, 1904 in Budapest. His invention of tungsten filament was also applied in improving early diodes and triodes.
He died in Zagreb (at the time Kingdom of Yugoslavia).
Occupation & Career
chemist, engineer, university teacher, inventor
Education
University of Vienna
Legacy Highlights
Employer
TU Wien
Education & Institutions
University of Vienna
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q842243 — wikidata View source
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