Vojislav Bego (August 3, 1923 – May 29, 1999) was a

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. He was born in

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. He graduated in 1946 at the Technical Faculty in Zagreb. Worked in the company

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(1946-1961), where he led the project for manufacturing high-voltage

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s with open core. In 1958 he started teaching at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, where he received his PhD in 1965, and professorship in 1968. In the period 1970-1972 he served as the faculty dean. Bego published numerous papers on laboratory and test facilities used in the electrical engineering, high-voltage measurement equipment, instrument transformers, measurement procedures, theory of errors, and the voltage scale as a measuring instrument. Bego gained reputation based on his work achieved in the field of fundamental electrical measurements. The highlight of his success in this field is the creation of Voltage balance that led to the internationally accepted corrections of voltage unit. The authored textbook ''Mjerenja u elektrotehnici'' ("Measurements in electrical engineering"; 1968, 8 editions), ''Mjerni transformatori'' ("Instrument transformers"; 1977), ''Naponska vaga'' ("Voltage scale"; 1986). He was a full member of the

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since 1991, winner of the Nikola Tesla Award (1964) and the Croatian National Science Award (1997). He died in Zagreb.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bego, Vojislav Croatian electrical engineers Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts 1923 births 1999 deaths University of Zagreb alumni Academic staff of the University of Zagreb People from Split, Croatia Yugoslav engineers