Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (born 1800)

Ányos Jedlik

Hungarian physicist and Roman Catholic priest (1800–1895)

Ányos István Jedlik was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Benedictine priest. He was also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He is considered by Hungarians and Slovaks to be the unsung father of the dynamo and electric motor.