Ernő Winter

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Hungarian Ernő Winter (1897–1971) ^[1] was an engineer who developed tungsten lamps. ^[2] Working at Tungsram, Ernő Winter, along with others, co-developed tungsten technology for the production of more reliable and longer-lasting coiled-filament lamps.^[2]

In 1923 at Tungsram Ltd., a research laboratory was established for improving light sources, mainly electric bulbs.^[1] The head of that laboratory was Ignácz Pfeiffer (1867–1941), whose research staff included Ernő Winter, along with Tivadar Millner (1899–1988), Zoltan Bay (1900–1992), Imre Bródy (1891–1944), György Szigeti (1905–1978), and many others.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fizikai Szemle 1999/5 - Zsolt Bor: OPTICS BY HUNGARIANS" (with Ernő Winter), József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1999, webpage: KFKI-Hungary-Bor.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "GE Lighting 2" (including Ernő Winter), Rövid Történet, GE Lighting Tungsram, 1996, webpage: Tungsram-History.

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KFKI notes on Ernő Winter.

Authority control	VIAF: 1016655

Persondata
Name	Winter, Erno
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian engineer
Date of birth	1897
Place of birth
Date of death	1971
Place of death

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