Frederik H. Kreuger

Frederik Hendrik Kreuger (1928 to 2015) was a Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor who lived in Delft and became professor emeritus at the Delft University of Technology. After an engineer's degree and a doctorate there in 1961 he worked on high voltage in Sweden, England and the Netherlands, was managing director of the Nederlandse Kabelfabriek in Delft, and in 1986 became professor of high voltage at his alma mater until 1995. He invented several constructions for high voltage cable systems and equipment for detecting partial discharges, including balanced detection known as the Kreuger bridge and the elastomeric joints and terminals now usual for solid high voltage cables. His book Partial Discharge Detection was the leading text in its field for twenty-five years, and he also wrote a biography of the forger Han van Meegeren.