In the history of technology, Baltzar von Platen is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Baltzar von Platen as Swedish inventor (1898–1984).
Baltzar von Platen was born at Malmö Sankt Petri församling in 1898. His recorded nationality is Sweden.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as mechanical engineer, inventor and engineer.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His work was formally recognised with the John Price Wetherill Medal and Polhem Prize.
That the work was done from Sweden matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Baltzar von Platen died in 1984, aged 86. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Worked as mechanical engineer, inventor and engineer
