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Mária Telkes
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Hungarian–American scientist and inventor (1900–1995)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1900-12-12 ) 12 December 1900, Budapest , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 2 December 1995 (1995-12-02) (aged 94), Budapest, Hungary
- Other name
- Sun Queen
- Alma mater
- University of Budapest, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry
- Known for
- Solar Energy Technologies
- Board member of
- Solar Energy Society
- Awards
- National Inventors Hall of Fame , Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award, National Academy of Sciences , Building Research Advisory Board Award
- Discipline
- Physics , Thermoelectricity
- Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation , Westinghouse, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , New York University , University of Delaware
- Projects
- Water-powered Desalination machines , Dover Sun House , Solar powered oven
- Significant advance
- Solar heating, cooling, and thermal storage systems (several patents)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mária
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Occupation
- inventor
- Educated at
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Field of work
- thermoelectricity
- Image
- Maria Telkes NYWTS.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mária Telkes
- date of birth
- 1900-12-12
- date of death
- 1995-12-02
- Commons Creator page
- Mária Telkes
- interested in
- renewable energy
- birth name
- Telkes Mária Terézia Zsófia
- nickname
- the Sun Queen
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Encyclopedic overview
Mária Telkes (December 12, 1900 – December 2, 1995) was a Hungarian-American biophysicist, engineer, and inventor who worked on solar energy technologies.
She moved to the United States in 1925 to work as a biophysicist. She became an American citizen in 1937 and started work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to create practical uses of solar energy in 1939.
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