Peder Oluf Pedersen

Who was Peder Oluf Pedersen?

Peder Oluf Pedersen was a Danish engineer and physicist. He is notable for his work on electrotechnology and his cooperation with Valdemar Poulsen on the developmental work on the telegraphone and the Poulsen Arc Transmitter.

Pedersen became a professor of telegraphy, telephony and radio in 1912. He became principal of the College of Advanced Technology in 1922, a title he held until his death. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and was a member of the British Institution of Electrical Engineers. In 1915 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers.