Frederik Louis Wilhelm Hellesen

Frederik Louis Wilhelm Hellesen

Infobox Scientist
name = Frederik Louis Wilhelm Hellesen


caption = F. L .Wilhelm Hellesen and wife (circa 1890).
image_size = 200px
birth_date = 1836
birth_place = Kalundborg, Denmark
death_date = December 22 1892
death_place = Denmark

Frederik Louis Wilhelm Hellesen (1836 – December 22 1892) was a Danish inventor and industrialist. In 1887 he designed what is thought to be the first dry cell battery based on the Leclanché cell design. [ [http://www.elmuseet.dk/pdfer/hellesenskorrektur.pdf "Energi på dåse"] , Jytte Thorndahl; Last accessed on June 26, 2007] The same year he founded the company "W. Hellesen" (later know as A/S Tudor-Hellesens, A/S Hellesens, and GN Hellesens), now defunct. Today the Hellesens brand name is owned by Duracell.

External links

* [http://www.tekniskmuseum.dk/mod_inc/?p=itemModule&id=249&kind=9#hellesen The Technical Museum, Denmark (in Danish)]

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