Hendrik van der Bijl

Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl
Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl
Born	23 November 1887; Pretoria
Died	2 December 1948 (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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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 van der Bijl

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