Ivan Pulyui (Ukrainian: Іван Пулюй, German: Johann Puluj) (2 February 1845 in Hrymayliv, a village near Ternopil, Austria–Hungary – 31 January 1918 in Prague) was a Ukrainian-born physicist, inventor and patriot who has been championed as an early developer of the use of X-rays for medical imaging. His contributions were largely neglected until the end of the 20th century.
Ivan Pulyui graduated with honors from Theological Faculty of the Universi...
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Ivan Pulyui (Ukrainian: Іван Пулюй, German: Johann Puluj) (2 February 1845 in Hrymayliv, a village near Ternopil, Austria–Hungary – 31 January 1918 in Prague) was a Ukrainian-born physicist, inventor and patriot who has been championed as an early developer of the use of X-rays for medical imaging. His contributions were largely neglected until the end of the 20th century.
Ivan Pulyui graduated with honors from Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna (1869), later also from the Department of Philosophy (1872). In 1876 Pulyui finished his doctorate on internal friction in gases at the University of Strasbourg under supervision of August Kundt. Pulyui taught at the Navy academy in Fiume (Rijeka, Croatia) (1874–1876), University of Vienna (1874–1884) and the German part of the Higher Technical School in Prague (1884-1916). He served as the rector of the Higher Technical School in Prague (German part) in 1888-1889. Pulyui also worked as a state adviser on electrical engineering...
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