Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 December 1948 | (aged 61)
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.