Dezső Korda

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Intro

Hungarian engineer, inventor rotary capacitor.

Places

Hungary

was

Inventor Engineer

Work field

Business Engineering

Gender

Male

Birth

8 January 1864 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Kisbér, Hungary

Star sign

Capricorn People who share this birthday

Death

1 April 1919 People who died on this day

Place of death

Zürich, Switzerland

Age

55 years

Awards

Legion of Honour

(1907)

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Biography

Dezső Korda (French: Désiré or Desider Korda) (8 January 1864 – 1 April 1919) was a mechanical engineer born in Kisbér, Hungary. Korda finished his education in 1885 at the Budapest, inRoyal Joseph Technical University (present-day Budapest University of Technology and Economics). After that he worked as electrical engineer in France and Switzerland. During the First World War Korda was a lecturer at ETH Zurich for wireless telegraphy and high frequency machines.

He invented the variable capacitor with air dielectric, and received in Germany a patent for invention on 13 December 1893.

He was awarded the French Legion of Honour in 1907 for his scientific achievements.

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