René Thury
Swiss engineer
René Thury was a Swiss pioneer in electrical engineering. He was known for his work with high voltage direct current electricity transmission and was known in the professional world as the "King of DC." Wikipedia
Born: August 7, 1860, Plainpalais, Geneva, Switzerland
Died: April 23, 1938 (age 77 years), Geneva, Switzerland
Parents: Marc Thury
Awards: French Legion of Honor (1907) · Doctor Honoris Causa from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (1919)