Boyan Slat

Dutch inventor and environmentalist

Boyan Slat is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Boyan Slat as Dutch inventor and environmentalist.

Boyan Slat was born at Delft in 1994. His recorded nationality is the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He was educated at Delft University of Technology.

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The record gives his occupations as entrepreneur, environmentalist and inventor.

Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.

His work was formally recognised with the Champions of the Earth, Index Award and European of the Year.

Working from the Kingdom of the Netherlands shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.

Boyan Slat is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.

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