György Jendrassik

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György Jendrassik (born May 13, 1898 in Budapest, February 8, 1954 in London) is a Hungarian engineer, inventor of the turbofan engine.

Jendrassik studied at the Budapest Polytechnic, then at the University of Berlin, where he was able to attend Einstein and Planck's lectures. In 1922 he received a diploma in mechanical engineering from Budapest. From 1927 he worked at the Ganz plant, and helped improve the diesel engines used there. He designed the famous Jendrassik Cs-1 engine, initially with single and double cylinder versions, later in four-stroke version with four and six cylinders.

Then Jendrassik focused on working on gas turbines and for that purpose he founded in 1936 Találmánykifejlesztő és Értékesítő KFT.-t. From 1942 to 1945 he was the factory director, in 1943 he became a correspondent member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In the Hungarian patent office there are 77 inventions.

After the war, Jendrassik lost the trust of the authorities and was unable to continue his work. He left the country; For some time he lived in Argentina, then in the United Kingdom, where he died in 1954. Authoritative control (person):

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