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Milan Vidmar
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- Works
- 11
Top works
- Der Transformator im Betrieb
- Ende des Goldzeitalters
- Vorlesungen über die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik
- Wirtschaftliche Aufbau der Elektrischen Maschine
- Transformator Im Betrieb
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1885-06-22 ) June 22, 1885, Ljubljana , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- October 9, 1962 (1962-10-09) (aged 77)
- Alma mater
- University of Vienna
- Title
- Grandmaster (1950)
- Children
- Milan Jr.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Milan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cisleithania
- Place of birth
- Ljubljana
- Place of death
- Ljubljana
- Child
- Milan Vidmar
- Occupation
- electrical engineer
- Educated at
- University of Ljubljana
- Employer
- University of Ljubljana
- Languages spoken
- Slovene
- Participant in
- 6th Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Yugoslavia
- Image
- Milan Vidmar 1930s.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1885-06-22
- date of death
- 1962-10-09
- Commons category
- Milan Vidmar
- place of burial
- Žale Central Cemetery
- title of chess person
- Grandmaster
- name in native language
- Milan Vidmar
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Milan Vidmar ( pronounced [ˈmíːlan ˈʋìːdmaɾ]; 22 June 1885 – 9 October 1962) was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930 and in 1950, was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE. Vidmar was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.
Early life, family, and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milan Vidmar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.