Erwin Otto Marx

Erwin Otto Marx
Born(1893-01-15)15 January 1893
Mautitz, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire[1]
Died11 January 1980(1980-01-11) (aged 86)
Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, West Germany[1]
NationalityGerman
OccupationElectrical engineer
Known forInventor of the Marx generator

Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980) was a German electrical engineer who invented the Marx generator, a device for producing high voltage electrical pulses.

He worked as an engineering scientist in Braunschweig from 1918 to 1950 where he performed research and development for electrical power distribution via long distances.

  1. ^ a b Ahrens, Ingrid (1990). "Marx, Erwin". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2015.