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    Zénobe Gramme - Wikipedia

    Zénobe Théophile Gramme was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother (less AC) … See more

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    Gramme was poorly educated and semi-literate throughout his life. His talent was in handicraft and when he left school he became a joiner. After moving to Paris he took a job as a… See more

    In 1873 he and Hippolyte Fontaine accidentally discovered that the device was reversible and would spin when connected to any DC power supply. The Gramme machine was the first… See more

    In 1857 he married Hortense Nysten who was a widow and mother of a daughter, Héloïse. Hortense died in 1890.
    On 17 August 1891 he married Antonie Schentur in … See more

    Gramme died at Bois-Colombes, France, on 20 January 1901 and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.
    In the town where … See more

    • Commander in the Order of Leopold.
    • Officer in the Legion of Honour. See more

    • Zénobe Gramme, by Mathurin Moreau
    • Grave at Cemetery Père-Lachaise
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