Anders Henrik Bull (25 January 1875 – after 1909) was an American-born Norwegian

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Early life and education

Bull was born in

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as the son of ophthalmologist Ole Bornemann Bull (1842–1916) and his first wife Marie Cathrine Lund (1843–1884). The family moved to Norway in 1876. He took his engineering education in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

and

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

Career

Bull returned to Norway from Hannover in 1901, and became noted in the engineering community for his pioneering work on

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. He also worked for

Norsk Hydro Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just ''Hydro'') is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around the world an ...

, as a consultant to

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, from 1906 to 1909, in that company's formative phase. He married Agnes Emilie Rosenkvist, née Lund, in November 1908. They later remigrated to the United States. He was awarded the

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in 1943.

Personal life

Anders Henrik Bull was the brother of

Fredrik Rosing Bull Fredrik Rosing Bull (25 December 1882 – 7 June 1925) was an information technology pioneer, known for his work on improved punched card machines. Bull was born in Kristiania (Oslo, Norway). In 1907 he finished his studies in civil engineering a ...

, and a half-brother of

Jens Bull Jens Steenberg Bull (25 November 1886 – 1 June 1956) was a Norwegian jurist and diplomatist. He played his most important role during World War II, when he represented his country in Stockholm, Sweden. Personal life He was born in Christiani ...

and Johan Bull.

References

Norwegian electrical engineers Norsk Hydro people Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian expatriates in Germany 1875 births Year of death missing {{Norway-engineer-stub