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Mar 18, 1918 Houston, Texas, United States Died on 24 Mar 2016 (aged 98)
American businessman
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About Leonard L. Northrup Jr.
- Leonard "Lynn" L.
- Northrup Jr.
- (March 18, 1918 – March 24, 2016) was an American engineer who was a pioneer of the commercialization of solar thermal energy.
- Influenced by the work of John Yellott, Maria Telkes, and Harry Tabor, Northrup's company designed, patented, developed and manufactured some of the first commercial solar water heaters, solar concentrators, solar-powered air conditioning systems, solar power towers and photovoltaic thermal hybrid systems in the United States.
- The company he founded became part of ARCO Solar, which in turn became BP Solar, which became the largest solar energy company in the world.
- Northrup was a prolific inventor with 14 US patents.
