Bust of Kovačević at the Technical Museum in Zagreb, set in 1999
Ferdinand Kovačević (21 April 1838– 27 May 1913) was an inventor, engineer, and pioneer in
telegraphy
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pi ...
who originated from
Gospić (actually near
Smiljan) in modern-day
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
. He invented the
duplex connection of telegraphic transmission, patented in 1876 in Vienna and Budapest.
He died in
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...
on 27 May 1913.
His son was the painter,
Ferdo Kovačević.
References
Croatian inventors
Croatian engineers
Engineers from Austria-Hungary
Engineers from Zagreb
Telegraph engineers and inventors
1838 births
1913 deaths
People from Gospić
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